聊以
liáo​yǐ

merely as a way to

  • created sense approved 聊以 · liáo​yǐ · merely as a way to — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊以

    liáo​yǐ

    merely as a way to

    (literary) for the purpose of doing something to a limited extent, or as a makeshift way to satisfy a need; just for the sake of

    聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · slightly 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to

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

    created sense