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HSK
bored / boring / senseless
HSK 4
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  *聊* | 聊* | *聊
(coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily; for a while / (literary) somewhat; slightly / (literary) to depend upon
HSK 6
erhua variant of 聊天
HSK 6
to chat; to gossip
chat room
to chat / casual conversation
(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄
better than nothing (idiom)
Liaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
(of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings
The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记) / no way of getting by
to use as a stopgap; to make a perfunctory gesture; token; nominal
to suffer tedium
to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
for the time being; tentatively
in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
to find some consolation (idiom) / to find relief in
to earn a living (esp. with negative)
(slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation
to keep sb company for a chat / (esp.) to be a paid escort
to provide on a makeshift basis; to use temporarily as
to chat flirtatiously
to speak tentatively
(computing) to chat privately; private chat
(computing) group chat; to have a group chat
to use it for the purpose of relieving the tedium to some extent
to chat naked (online)
to chat / idle gossip


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