聊备 (聊備)
liáo bèi
Pinyin

Definition

聊备 (聊備)
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liáo bèi
  1. to provide as expedient
  2. to use temporarily as
  3. to make shift

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

wú liáo
  1. 1 bored
  2. 2 boring
  3. 3 senseless
liáo
  1. 1 to chat
  2. 2 to depend upon (literary)
  3. 3 temporarily
  4. 4 just
  5. 5 slightly
liáo tiān
  1. 1 to chat
  2. 2 to gossip
mín bù liáo shēng
  1. 1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
  2. 2 no way of getting by
bǎi wú liáo lài
  1. 1 bored to death (idiom)
  2. 2 bored stiff
  3. 3 overcome with boredom

Idioms (4)

民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
  1. 1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
  2. 2 no way of getting by
百无聊赖
bǎi wú liáo lài
  1. 1 bored to death (idiom)
  2. 2 bored stiff
  3. 3 overcome with boredom
聊以自慰
liáo yǐ zì wèi
  1. 1 to find some consolation (idiom)
  2. 2 to find relief in
聊胜于无
liáo shèng yú wú
  1. 1 better than nothing (idiom)