to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
trad. 聊備一格
Also written 聊備一格【liáo bèi yī gé】
Characters in this word
4聊
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(coll.) to chat, (literary) temporarily; for a while, (literary) somewhat; slightly, (literary) to depend upon
- Pinyin
- liáo
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2368 of 2500
备
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
variant of 備|备[bei4]
- Pinyin
- bèi
- Traditional
- 俻
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 43530 of 2500
一
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
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
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
格
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
used in 格登[ge1 deng1], used in 格格[ge1 ge1]
- Pinyin
- gē
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2584 of 2500