迎來送往 yíng lái sòng wǎng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests
  2. all time taken over with social niceties

CHARACTERS

迎 yíng
HSK 3
receive, welcome, greet
來 lái come, coming; return, returning
送 sòng
HSK 2
see off, send off; dispatch, give
往 wǎng
HSK 2
go, depart; past, formerly