to stay somewhere doing nothing while waiting for something
在等某件事时待在某个地方什么都不做 (zai deng mou jian shi shi dai zai mou ge difang shenme dou bu zuo)
"I had to wait around for hours before the meeting started."
"我不得不等了几个小时，会议才开始。" (wo budebu deng le jige xiaoshi, huiyi cai kaishi)
