虚席以待 xūxíyǐdài to reserve a seat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 虚席 虛席 xūxí 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.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待 dài verb to wait to wait for; to await