| 无颜见江东父老 |
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo |
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 项羽, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat) |
| 无 |
mó |
used in 南无 |
| 无 |
wú |
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
| 颜 |
Yán |
surname Yan |
| 颜 |
yán |
color / face / countenance |
| 颜 |
yán |
Japanese variant of 颜 |
| 见 |
jiàn |
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view |
| 见 |
xiàn |
to appear / also written 现 |
| 江 |
Jiāng |
surname Jiang |
| 江 |
jiāng |
river / CL:条,道 |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 父 |
fù |
father |
| 父老 |
fù lǎo |
elders |
| 老 |
lǎo |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |