聊胜于无

• 耳(ear)RADICAL
• 卯(hour of the Cat (Vietnamese zodiac); latch; bolt)PHONETIC

Idle talk is when ears listen to people speaking back and forth like a pivot pin fitting together.

• 月(flesh; meat variant)RADICAL
• 劵(exhausted; weary)PHONETIC

A body of flesh must overcome fatigue to achieve victory.

• 于(at; in (pictographic — curved stroke representing breath escaping))ASSOCIATIVE

Breath curves and escapes from a person, meaning 'at' or 'in' a place.

• 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
• 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE

From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.