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erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1]
bored
to chat
to use it
to earn a living
to keep sb company for a chat
for the time being
to chat naked
to chat
to suffer tedium
to provide on a makeshift basis
Notice where 聊 sits in each complete thought.
I was bored with his speech.
Source: Tatoeba #1413678 · CC BY 2.0 FRI'm here, so do you want to chat?
Source: Tatoeba #5722744 · CC BY 2.0 FRJust now I was chatting with my parents.
Source: Tatoeba #1064543 · CC BY 2.0 FRI was bored, so I fell asleep.
Source: Tatoeba #4264670 · CC BY 2.0 FRSpending every day like this must be boring!
Source: Tatoeba #1762993 · CC BY 2.0 FRSometimes I have to read boring novels.
Source: Tatoeba #787538 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.