慰情胜无
wèi​qíng​shèng​wú

better than nothing

  • created reference approved 慰情胜无/慰情勝無 → 聊胜于无/聊勝於無 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    慰情胜无 / 慰情勝無 wèi​qíng​shèng​wú

    聊胜于无 / 聊勝於無 liáo​shèng​yú​wú

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 慰情胜无/慰情勝無 · wèi​qíng​shèng​wú · better than nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    慰情胜无 / 慰情勝無

    wèi​qíng​shèng​wú

    better than nothing

    something small or slight that provides comfort or serves as a consolation, which is better than having nothing at all

    慰 (literal) → 慰 · wèi · comforted 情 (literal) → 情 · qíng · feeling 胜 (literal) → 胜/勝 · shèng · to surpass 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense