迎来送往 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 receive, welcome, greet
来 lái come, coming; return, returning
送 sòng see off, send off; dispatch, give
往 wǎng go, depart; past, formerly