Re: English Phrase from Chinese [was Re: Arabic Loan Words in Turkish]
- From: yky <yky@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:04:10 -0400
noesy_parker wrote:
"Saving face" I think is something that the English came up with by
themselves.
Could be 留點面子，like 你別儘替我丟臉，幫我留點面子好嗎？
Certainly not very polite.
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