聊胜一筹
liáo​shèng​yī​chóu

to be slightly better

  • created sense approved 聊胜一筹/聊勝一籌 · liáo​shèng​yī​chóu · to be slightly better — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊胜一筹 / 聊勝一籌

    liáo​shèng​yī​chóu

    to be slightly better

    to be a little better than someone or something else; to surpass by only a small margin

    聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · slightly 胜 (literal) → 胜/勝 · shèng · to surpass 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 筹 (literal) → 筹/籌 · chóu · chip

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

    created sense