losing face
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By avoiding inflammatory rhetoric, China is building itself an off-ramp to move the policy away from a blanket ban without losing face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
They say both countries - for once - communicated their intentions accurately; they realised they could de-escalate without losing face; and they both had a scare that will re-establish mutual deterrence.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024
In comments made by Manchin and Lieberman before and during Tuesday’s event, there were whispers of a means of resolving this problem without losing face.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2023
And there might be a risk of losing face or some shame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
But I was also determined to honor my parents’ words, so Huang Taitai could never accuse my mother of losing face.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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