wú​yán​jiàn​jiāng​dōng​fù​lǎo

too ashamed to face one's people

  1. adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  2. prestige
    (bound form) prestige; face; dignity
  3. to meet
    to meet with; to call on; to interview or receive a visitor
  4. 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 xiàng​yǔ during his rise and fall.