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Definition 2024

save_face

save face

English

Verb

(idiomatic) To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.
He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face.

Translations

preserve reputation

Arabic: حَفِظَ مَاءَ الوَجْهِ ‎(ḥafiẓa māʾa l-wajhi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 挽回面子 ‎(wǎnhuí miànzi)
Esperanto:
Estonian: au päästma
Finnish: pelastaa kasvonsa
French: sauver la face (fr)
German: das Gesicht wahren
Japanese: 顔を立てる ‎(かおをたてる, kao o tateru), 面目を保つ ‎(めんぼくをたもつ, menboku o tamotsu)
Khmer:

Korean:
Malay:
Mongolian:
Persian: آبروداری کردن ‎(âb(e)ru-dâri kardan)
Polish: zachować twarz pf
Russian: сохрани́ть лицо́ pf ‎(soxranítʹ licó)
Swedish: rädda ansiktet
Thai:
Tibetan:
Vietnamese:

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