loss of face
Example Sentences
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If the cargo is returned to China, that would be a big loss of face for Qingdao Seawin and the Chinese government.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021
Counter-demonstrations in Hong Kong could spoil the show and cause Xi a humiliating loss of face.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2019
The results of the audit would not be released, to spare the defeated candidate a loss of face.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2016
That would be no worse loss of face for them than if, on our return, we describe how Isis’s word isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.
From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2016
And whatever you do, don't imagine that I'm afraid of any loss of face.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
