created sense approved 无颜见江东父老/無顏見江東父老 · wúyánjiànjiāngdōngfùlǎo · too ashamed to face one's people — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无颜见江东父老 / 無顏見江東父老
wúyánjiànjiāngdōngfùlǎo
too ashamed to face one's people
To be unable to return home after a failure because of extreme shame or disgrace; originally referring to the general [[项羽|項羽|xiang4 yu3]] choosing suicide over returning to his home region in defeat.
无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 颜 (literal) → 颜/顏 · yán · prestige 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to meet 江东父老 (literal) → 江东父老/江東父老 · jiāngdōngfùlǎo · people from one's hometown
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