無顏見江東父老

mou4 ngaan4 gin3 gong1 dung1 fu6 lou5

(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]{hong6 jyu5}, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]{hong6 jyu5}, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)

Written Forms

無顏見江東父老Traditional · Main Form
无颜见江东父老Alternate Form

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