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悬榻
xuán​tà

to extend a warm welcome

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
悬榻 懸榻 xuán​tà
to extend a warm welcome
(literary) to treat a talented or worthy guest with great hospitality; originally refers to a story from the "Book of the Later Han" where the official Chen Fan kept a special seat specifically for Xu Zhi, which he would hang up on the wall whenever Xu was not visiting

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  • 悬床 xuán​chuáng
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