掃榻以待
sǎo​tà​yǐ​dài

to roll out the welcome mat

  • created sense approved 扫榻以待/掃榻以待 · sǎo​tà​yǐ​dài · to roll out the welcome mat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扫榻以待 / 掃榻以待

    sǎo​tà​yǐ​dài

    to roll out the welcome mat

    to clean the couch and wait for the visitor; used to describe a warm and eager welcome for a guest

    扫榻 (literal) → 扫榻/掃榻 · sǎo​tà · to dust a bed 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