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虛席以待

简 虚席以待 · 繁 虛席以待
Mandarin · pinyin xū xí yǐ dài

Meanings

  1. to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
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虛
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席
xí · seat; mat; take seat; banquet
以
yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
待
dài · treat, entertain, receive; wait
虚
xū · false
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1–2–3–4 · xu1 xi2 yi3 dai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

heoi1 zik6 ji5 doi6

Cantonese word readings for 虛席以待. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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