| 尽地主之谊 |
jìn dì zhǔ zhī yì |
to act as host / to do the honors |
| 尽 |
jǐn |
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to |
| 尽 |
jìn |
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 地主 |
dì zhǔ |
landlord / landowner / host |
| 主 |
zhǔ |
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 谊 |
yì |
friendship / also pr. [yi2] |