| 聊备一格 |
liáo bèi yī gé |
to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal |
| 聊 |
liáo |
(coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily; for a while / (literary) somewhat; slightly / (literary) to depend upon |
| 聊备 |
liáo bèi |
to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as |
| 备 |
bèi |
variant of 备 |
| 备 |
bèi |
(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; completely |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 格 |
gé |
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively |