save face

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See lose face.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَفِظَ مَاءَ الوَجْهِ (ḥafiẓa māʔa l-wajhi) — preserve reputation
• Chinese Mandarin: 挽回面子 (wǎnhuí miànzi) — preserve reputation
• Czech: zachránit tvář — preserve reputation
• Esperanto: savi la vizaĝon — preserve reputation
• Estonian: au päästma — preserve reputation
• Finnish: pelastaa kasvonsa — preserve reputation
• French: sauver la face — preserve reputation
• German: das Gesicht wahren — preserve reputation
• Japanese: 顔を立てる (kao o tateru) — preserve reputation
• Japanese: 面目を保つ (menboku o tamotsu) — preserve reputation
• Khmer: ទុកមុខអោយ (tukmukʼaoy) — preserve reputation
• Malay: jaga air muka — preserve reputation
• Persian: آبروداری کردن — preserve reputation
• Polish: zachowywać twarz — preserve reputation
• Polish: zachować twarz — preserve reputation
• Portuguese: livrar a cara — preserve reputation
• Romanian: salva obrazul — preserve reputation
• Russian: сохрани́ть лицо́ (soxranítʹ licó) — preserve reputation
• Spanish: quedar bien — preserve reputation
• Spanish: quedar bien parado — preserve reputation
• Spanish: salir bien parado — preserve reputation
• Spanish: mantener el pundonor — preserve reputation
• Spanish: mantenerse pundonoroso — preserve reputation
• Swedish: rädda ansiktet — preserve reputation
• Thai: ไว้หน้า (wái-nâa) — preserve reputation
• Thai: รักษาหน้า (rák-sǎa-nâa) — preserve reputation
• Vietnamese: giữ thể diện — preserve reputation
• Welsh: safio'r wyneb — preserve reputation