聊复尔耳 liáofù'ěr'ěr merely like this Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 聊 liáo temporarily (literary) temporarily; for the time being; for now复 復 fù nounadverb again used as an adverb to mean again or once more尔 爾 ěr thus (literary) in this way; such; like that耳 ěr [limitation] Literary word used at the end of a sentence to express limitation, meaning "and that is all" or "nothing more", similar to 而已 éryǐ or 罢了 bàle.