虚位以待 in English xu1 wei4 yi3 dai4 Meaning

Meanings

• to reserve a seat
• to leave a position vacant

Pinyin

xu1 wei4 yi3 dai4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

虚xu1emptiness 位wei4position 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 待dai4to stay