聊备一格(liáo bèi yī gé): to use as a stopgap
4 charactersTrad. 聊備一格
to use as a stopgap
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- liáo bèi yī gé
- Meaning
- to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 聊備一格
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 聊备一格 — tap one to open its word page.
wú无liáo聊
HSK 4bored
mín民bù不liáo聊shēng生
(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史记)
bǎi百wú无liáo聊lài赖
(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
sī私liáo聊
(computing) to chat privately; private chat
qún群liáo聊
(computing) group chat; to have a group chat
liáo聊yǐ以sāi塞zé责
in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities
liáo聊yǐ以zì自wèi慰
to find some consolation (idiom)
liáo聊shèng胜yú于wú无
better than nothing (idiom)
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