聊備一格

to use as a stopgap / to give perfunctory recognition / token / nominal

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

to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly

square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively

to provide as expedient / to use temporarily as / to make shift

to prepare / get ready / to provide or equip

(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; in every possible way