滥竽充数
be there just to make up the number/pretend to be an expert
滥竽充数
During the Warring States Period (475-221BC)， the King of the State of Qi was very fond of listening to yu ensembles. He often got together 300 yu players to form a grand music.
战国时，齐宣王喜欢听竽，通常是三百人的大合奏。
The king treated his musicians very well.
齐宣王给予乐师们非常优厚的待遇。
A man named Nanguo heard about that and he managed to become a member of the band, even though he was not good at playing the instrument at all.
所以有一个叫南郭的人尽管并不擅长吹竽，也设法混进了乐队。
Whenever the band played for the
