removed himself from a situation with honor, saved himself from degradation
Face refers to two separate but related concepts in
Chinese social relations. One is mianzi (Chinese: ), and the other is lian (Traditional Chinese: 臉, Simplified Chinese: ), which are both used commonly in everyday speech rather than in formal writings. Lian is the confidence of society in a person's moral character, while mianzi represents social perceptions of a person's
prestige. For a person to maintain face is important with Chinese social relations because face translates into power and influence and affects
goodwill. A loss of lian would result in a loss of trust within a
social network, while a loss of mianzi would likely result in a loss of
authority. To illustrate the difference, gossiping about someone stealing from a cash register would cause a loss of lian but not mianzi. Repeatedly interrupting one's boss as he is trying to speak may cause the boss a loss of mianzi but not lian.
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prevent embarrassment, prevent more shame To save face, the accused member should resign. It's embarrassing.
save (one's) face idm. รักษาหน้า, ไม่ทำให้ขายหน้า
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