함흥차사

hamheungchasa

Explanation

〔咸興差使〕

hamheungchasa
messengers to Hamheung: An idiom meaning that a person sent away on an errand does not return without ever contacting the sender or responding to the sender's messages; the messengers to Hamheung are those sent by King Taejong of the Joseon Dynasty to persuade his father King Taejo to come back home to the palace from self-imposed exile in Hamheung after relinquishing the throne to his son.