if beijing wants to be a world-class aviation player, saving face should be its first priority.
如果北京想要成为世界级的航空玩家,保护好面子应该是它的首要工作。
this helps us to explain, for instance, why in so many cultures the concept of saving face is so important, even if to most modern americans it seems relatively trivial.
这就很容易解释,为什么很多文化里的面子问题,会变得那么重要,而对许多美国人来说,那都是小事一桩。
for saving face mary had to choke down the manager「s insult.
为了顾全面子,玛丽对于经理的侮辱只好忍气吞声。
like saving face for instance. i had no idea they were not into conflict, much as the japanese are.
我以前一直不知道原来中国人和日本人相似之处居然有这么多。
we wonder if the messages boys get about saving face through glorified slacking could be affecting their performance in school.
我们想知道男孩们所接受的这种通过消极躲避以维持脸面的主题思想是否会影响他们在学校里的表现。
such white lies are required in many cultures, where saving face is important, and not telling lies to protect others is considered a bad and selfish thing.
而在许多文化中,给别人面子是很重要的,如果你不说假话来保护别人不丢脸的话,别人会认为你自私自利。
at first she didn」t mind this more egalitarian arrangement (even with the saving face clause) but after a year she's starting to feel 「used」 she told me.