English-Danish translations for lose face

tabe ansigtEn vigtig del af den kinesiske tankegang er, at de ikke må tabe ansigt. A big part of the Chinese make-up is that they cannot lose face. Vil ville tabe ansigt, og borgerne ville med fuld ret håne os for vores svaghed. We would lose face and the public would quite rightly ridicule us for our weakness. Parlamentet ville tabe ansigt og ødelægge sit rygte blandt befolkningen i vores lande. Det ønsker vi ikke. This House would lose face and would discredit itself in the eyes of public opinion in our countries, and that is something we do not want.

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