Citations:lose face


 * 1934 — Anon., All About Shanghai: A standard Guidebook, The University Press, Shanghai. 1983 reed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-581594-7. p. 190;
 * When Chinese are accused of a fault, publicly reprimanded, apprehended in misbehaviour or theft, or fail to discharge an obligation, they are said to “lose face”. The closest English conception of the term “face” is conveyed by “pride”. To “lose face” is to suffer a grevious wound of the pride.