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- (coll.) to chat
- (literary) temporarily; for a while
- (literary) somewhat; slightly
- (literary) to depend upon
- to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
- Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- (idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
Trad. 聊以塞責
- in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities
- in order to get off the hook
- to find some consolation (idiom)
- to find relief in
Trad. 聊以解悶
- to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
Trad. 聊備一格
- to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
- (of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings
Trad. 聊齋志異
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
Trad. 百無聊賴
- (idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom