聊胜于无 — Chinese idiom
聊胜于无
liáo shèng yú wú
Traditional: 聊勝於無
Meaning
- better than nothing
Character by character
- 聊liáosomewhat, slightly, at least
- 胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
- 于yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
Idioms sharing a character
- 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng
- 百无聊赖 bǎi wú liáo lài
- 聊以自慰 liáo yǐ zì wèi
- 聊表心意 liáo biǎo xīn yì
- 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
- 不可胜言 bù kě shèng yán
- 人定胜天 rén dìng shèng tiān
- 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
- 以弱胜强 yǐ ruò shèng qiáng
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