lose face

English

Etymology

A calque of Chinese trad. 丟臉, simpl. 丢脸 (pinyin: diū liǎn), literally meaning “lose face”.

Verb

to lose face (third-person singular simple present loses face, present participle losing face, simple past and past participle lost face)

1. (idiomatic) To lose the respect of others, to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.

Translations

lose respect of others

Chinese: Mandarin: 丟臉 (cmn), 丢脸 (cmn) (diūliǎn), 丟人 (cmn), 丢人 (cmn) (diūrén) Finnish: menettää kasvonsa (fi) French: perdre la face (fr) German: das Gesicht verlieren (de)

Japanese: 面目を失う (ja) (めんぼくをうしなう, menboku-o ushinau) Korean: 얼굴을 잃다 (ko) (eolgur-eul ilta) Russian: потерять лицо (ru) (poterját' licó) pf. Swedish: förlora ansiktet (sv) Vietnamese: mất mặt (vi)

See also

Wikipedia

• give face
• save face