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Peggy
In English, what's the words of "要面子"
May 28, 2013 5:46 AM
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'Face' in English is not such a common idea - but we say 'don't want to lose face' 不要失面子‘
Face I think is prestige and respect - 'yao mianzi' want respect and prestige and pride. We dont have quite the same phrase - 'SAVE FACE' maybe is close.
May 28, 2013
face-assertion
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