to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less

(bound form) prestige; face; dignity

to meet with; to call on; to interview or receive a visitor

one's elders and people from one's hometown; specifically refers to those whose support one relies on but whom one has disappointed. Originally referred to the people of the region east of the Yangtze River who supported the general 项羽 xiàng​yǔ during his rise and fall.