無顏見江東父老

Chinese

		to not have face; to feel ashamed	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	east of the river; the south bank of the Yangtze River between Wuhu and Nanjing; area south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze	elder
trad. (無顏見江東父老)		無顏	見	江東	父老
simp. (无颜见江东父老)		无颜	见	江东	父老

Etymology

See 無面目見江東父老／无面目见江东父老 (wú miànmù jiàn Jiāngdōng fùlǎo)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyán jiàn jiāngdōng fùlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ ngaan⁴ gin³ gong¹ dung¹ fu⁶ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyán jiàn jiāngdōng fùlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyán jiàn jiangdong fùlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yen² chien⁴ chiang¹-tung¹ fu⁴-lao³
    • Yale: wú-yán jyàn jyāng-dūng fù-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyan jiann jiangdong fuhlao
    • Palladius: уянь цзянь цзяндун фулао (ujanʹ czjanʹ czjandun fulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ ngaan⁴ gin³ gong¹ dung¹ fu⁶ lou⁵
    • Yale: mòuh ngàahn gin gōng dūng fuh lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ ngaan⁴ gin³ gong¹ dung¹ fu⁶ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ ngan⁴ gin³ gong¹ dung¹ fu⁶ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ ŋaːn²¹ kiːn³³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː²² lou̯¹³/

Idiom

無顏見江東父老

1. to be ashamed of one's failures; to be ashamed to face people in one's hometown because of one's failures

Synonyms

• 無面目見江東父老／无面目见江东父老 (wú miànmù jiàn Jiāngdōng fùlǎo)