有失远迎
yǒu​shī​yuǎn​yíng

excuse me for not greeting you

  • created sense approved 有失远迎/有失遠迎 · yǒu​shī​yuǎn​yíng · excuse me for not greeting you — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有失远迎 / 有失遠迎

    yǒu​shī​yuǎn​yíng

    excuse me for not greeting you

    a polite way to apologize for not going out to meet a visitor or for being late to welcome them

    有失 (literal) → 有失 · yǒu​shī · to cause a loss of 远 (literal) → 远/遠 · yuǎn · far 迎 (literal) → 迎 · yíng · to welcome

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

    created sense