掃徑以待
sǎo​jìng​yǐ​dài

to sweep the path in anticipation

  • created sense approved 扫径以待/掃徑以待 · sǎo​jìng​yǐ​dài · to sweep the path in anticipation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扫径以待 / 掃徑以待

    sǎo​jìng​yǐ​dài

    to sweep the path in anticipation

    to sweep the walkway while waiting for a guest; to prepare a warm welcome for an arriving visitor

    扫 (literal) → 扫/掃 · sǎo · to sweep 径 (literal) → 径/徑 · jìng · path 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to 待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense