聊胜于无 liáoshèngyúwú better than nothing Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 聊 liáo slightly (literary) slightly; somewhat; a little胜 勝 shèng verbparticle to surpass to be superior to; to excel or be better than于 於 yú preposition than Used after a word describing a quality to indicate comparison无 無 wú adjectiveverb to not have to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less