not lose face

常见例句

I refrained from pointing out his mistake so that he might not lose face in front of his students .
我忍住沒有指出他的錯誤，以便他可以在學生麪前不丟臉。
If you like her, tells her, even if she refuses, does not lose face, because in her heart, will thank you because of your true feelings.
如果你喜歡她，就告訴她吧，即使她拒絕，竝不丟麪子，因爲在她的心裡，會因爲你的真情而感激你。
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Chinese who has been "given face" feels that he or she has received a favour. In turn, he or she has to reciprocate the favour so that the other party will not lose face.
在華人看來，人家“給了麪子”，自己便是得了人情，因此必須投桃報李，以便使對方也不失麪子。
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