jiāng​dōng​fù​lǎo

people from one's hometown

  • created sense approved 江东父老/江東父老 · jiāng​dōng​fù​lǎo · people from one's hometown — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    江东父老 / 江東父老

    jiāng​dōng​fù​lǎo

    people from one's hometown

    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|項羽|xiang4 yu3]] during his rise and fall.

    江东 (literal) → 江东/江東 · jiāng​dōng · Jiangdong 父老 (literal) → 父老 · fù​lǎo · elders

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