无颜见江东父老 in English wu2 yan2 jian4 Jiang1 dong1 fu4 lao3 Meaning

Meanings

• (idiomatic expression) 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)

Pinyin

wu2 yan2 jian4 Jiang1 dong1 fu4 lao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

无wu2not to have 颜yan2surname Yan 见jian4to see 江jiang1surname Jiang 东dong1surname Dong 父fu4father 老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity