无颜见江东父老

(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)

Characters and words in 无颜见江东父老

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

= + 𠂇 + : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

= + 𠂇 + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.

Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
surname Yan

= + : Han Yanzhi (彦) is mad at Maud Younger (y) for messing up his plants, so he wants to teach her a lesson (给点颜色看看). In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he sticks flypaper (页) of all colors (颜) on Maud's body to make sure that she never comes back.
color / face / countenance

= + : Han Yanzhi (彦) is mad at Maud Younger (y) for messing up his plants, so he wants to teach her a lesson (给点颜色看看). In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he sticks flypaper (页) of all colors (颜) on Maud's body to make sure that she never comes back.
Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]

= + : Han Yanzhi (彦) is mad at Maud Younger (y) for messing up his plants, so he wants to teach her a lesson (给点颜色看看). In the anthill's kitchen (an2) he sticks flypaper (页) of all colors (颜) on Maud's body to make sure that she never comes back.
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
surname Jiang

= + : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.
river / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

= + : A rive has flooded the area around the anglepod, but Joan of Arc was able to save herself on a makeshift raft made of a steel beam and a lot of empty bottles to make it float. She's floating just in front of the anglepod.
Jiangdong district of Ningbo city 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 shi4], Zhejiang
surname Dong

= + : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

= + : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.
father

= + : Father Time. Father Time is trying to cut an eight ball with pliers. Besides, he looks like he has just bitten in a lemon.
prefix 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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

= + : Lancelot (l) is showing his respect to grandpa (老) in the aorta's living room (ao3). He's bowing deep and offering a crown (⺹), but grandpa refuses by hitting Lancelot on the head with a ladle (匕).

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