無顏見江東父老
wúyánjiànJiāngdōngfùlǎo
ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
Simplified 无颜见江东父老
- 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], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)