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Sentence #400048

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 human600 human600 June 7, 2012 June 7, 2012 at 6:00:45 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

NNC:
It sounds okay to me.

 FeuDRenais FeuDRenais January 7, 2013 January 7, 2013 at 2:23:53 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

And to me as well...

sharptoothed sharptoothed January 7, 2013 January 7, 2013 at 2:29:42 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I wonder if "He lost his face" is also possible....

sysko sysko January 7, 2013 January 7, 2013 at 2:39:21 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Note, I'm removing the @NNC as CK (user id 1396) has put a OK tag a long time ago ,and the sentence hasn't changed since.

human600 human600 January 12, 2013 January 12, 2013 at 7:26:04 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@sharptoothed: "lost his face" is definitely _not_ possible.

I don't know where it comes from (perhaps from Chinese), but at this point it's an idiom - to lose face, he lost face, I don't want to embarrass him and make him lose face, etc.

 sharptoothed sharptoothed January 12, 2013 January 12, 2013 at 9:16:33 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Thanks for the explanation. I asked because in Russian we have the same idiom and it's possible to say both "потерять лицо" (to lose face) and "потерять своё лицо" (to lose one's face).

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Lost face

added by FeuDRenais, June 6, 2010
He lost face.

edited by FeuDRenais, June 6, 2010
➜ #400049他丢脸了。

linked by FeuDRenais, June 6, 2010
➜ #400050ئۇنىڭ يۈزى يوقالدى.

linked by FeuDRenais, June 6, 2010
➜ #1592559Ha perso la faccia.

linked by Guybrush88, May 25, 2012
➜ #1592563Lui ha perso la faccia.

linked by Guybrush88, May 25, 2012
➜ #1592564Perse la faccia.

linked by Guybrush88, May 25, 2012
➜ #1592565Lui perse la faccia.

linked by Guybrush88, May 25, 2012
➜ #1997250O, karizmayı çizdirdi.

linked by duran, November 11, 2012
➜ #2140569彼は面目を失った。

linked by bunbuku, January 12, 2013
➜ #2140759Он потерял лицо.

linked by sharptoothed, January 12, 2013
➜ #2142576Er hat das Gesicht verloren.

linked by Pfirsichbaeumchen, January 13, 2013
➜ #3866880Él fue humillado.

linked by cueyayotl, February 14, 2015
➜ #3866881Él quedó mal.

linked by cueyayotl, February 14, 2015
➜ #3866882Él perdió prestigio.

linked by cueyayotl, February 14, 2015
➜ #4570623Elvesztette a tekintélyét.

linked by juliusbear, September 30, 2015
➜ #4694598Il a perdu la face.

linked by sacredceltic, November 11, 2015
➜ #5958042Він втратив обличчя.

linked by CK, March 18, 2017
➜ #6195979Ele perdeu prestígio.

linked by carlosalberto, August 12, 2017
➜ #6195980Ele perdeu a dignidade.

linked by carlosalberto, August 12, 2017
➜ #6195981Ele perdeu o respeito.

linked by carlosalberto, August 12, 2017
➜ #9433328Hij heeft gezichtsverlies geleden.

linked by Micsmithel, December 4, 2020
➜ #9433330Hij leed gezichtsverlies.

linked by Micsmithel, December 4, 2020
➜ #12791897Yeɣli wazal-nnes.

linked by Ussis, November 17, 2024
➜ #13173481Anh ấy mất mặt.

linked by leucammieuvu, April 23, 2025