聊胜于无
liáo​shèng​yú​wú

better than nothing

  • created sense approved 聊胜于无/聊勝於無 · liáo​shèng​yú​wú · better than nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊胜于无 / 聊勝於無

    liáo​shèng​yú​wú

    better than nothing

    (idiom) slightly better than having nothing at all

    聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · slightly 胜 (literal) → 胜/勝 · shèng · to surpass 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · than 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have

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

    created sense