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虚席以待
xū​xí​yǐ​dài

to reserve a seat

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 虚席 虛席 xū​xí
    to leave a seat empty
    To leave a seat empty, especially as a sign of respect while waiting for a guest or person of talent.
  2. 以 yǐ prepositionconjunction
    in order to
    in order to; so as to; used to connect two phrases where the second is the purpose of the first
  3. 待 dài verb
    to wait
    to wait for; to await