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聊胜于无

liáo shèng yú wú

4-character word Traditional 聊勝於無

What 聊胜于无 means

1. better than nothing (idiom)

The characters in 聊胜于无

• 聊liáo(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 无wúnot to have; no; none

Example sentences

• 聊胜于无。
  Liáoshèngyúwú.
  Something is better than nothing.
• 聊胜于无、有比没有好。
  Liáoshèngyúwú, yǒu bǐ méiyǒu hǎo.
  Half a loaf is better than none.