face saving

But observers said the agreement was a face-saving compromise, providing the embattled Chinese negotiator with badly-needed support.

The attorney-general's ruling that there was no evidence of wrongdoing merely provided face-saving cover for his inevitable exit.

'Of course, the face-saving way is to say 'postpone, ' he said, but Internet users 'are declaring their victory.

But the various escape clauses that Vietnam insisted upon suggest it was more of a face-saving measure than a firm pledge.

Take her to one side and offer her a lot of money, a face-saving story and a great reference, and usher her gently out of the door.

Face-saving projects without delay, because the moment of completion do not know when, long way to go.

Americans do not like illusion that extend endlessly like Frenchmen, say that style, keen on face saving like Englishmen either. U. S.

The United Nations formed the Palmer Commission to come up with a face-saving way for the two countries to patch their differences.

So the government needed a face-saving way out of the latest fine mess it had gotten the project into.

For all the face-saving intellectual contortions , everyone knows it's Adam Smith and not Karl Marx at the rudder of this communist economy.

Face-saving behaviors are necessary to maintain harmony, avoid conflicts and protect the integrity of the group.

Anyway, many martial arts masters are generally face-saving and do not like others to pick faults.

In fact, the team's sixth man will appear in the game are often the moment of victory, this is a very face-saving thing.

Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's judgment was being questioned. He too needed Iran's help for a face saving way out.

Then the full scale of the debacle emerges and another face-saving fiction emerges: no one could possibly have seen this coming.

Further face-saving compromises may be difficult given the apparent backing for Green Dam by the propaganda and military.

They take themselves seriously the appearance of other in part, with be concerned about face-saving about.

while the ubiquity of implied negation in discourse is owing to the speaker's need of politeness on account of face-saving theory.

Napoleon Bonaparte was awarded the island as a tiny principality in a face-saving deal after his first abdication in 1814.

A more likely outcome is a messy, face-saving compromise followed by further procrastination.

Guo map is a quasi-Yuan Shao take the dead guy concerned about face-saving, Yuan Shao played a suspicion right away.

To treat a friend, we do not need because of the moment about face-saving rather exaggerated, hide under.

Some analysts see this as Mr Saleh's last best chance for a face-saving solution.

Only if Israel clobbers Hizbullah hard enough might Mr Nasrallah be in the market for some face-saving way to give the plan his blessing.

Korea is a country which is concerned about face-saving . Most actors have experienced appearance surgery, even the common people.

However, instead of simply opposing each other, "Cooperative Principle" and "Face Saving Strategies" also complement each other.

It is not too early for the board to start preparing a face-saving exit for the chairman.

After lengthy talks, the two sides finally reached a face-saving compromise.

The patchwork deal that emerged from Miami was little more than a face-saving formula.

This phenomenon can be seen greatly in Northern China, which is associated with 'face-saving'.

In the SARS epidemic in 2003, the technocrats were initially inept too, putting face-saving ahead of epidemiology.

I must anew retrieve me who the beforehand that love attaches great importance to face-saving. is final.

That is, local government official works, or might lead to a face-saving projects is the major source of investment overheating.

Some experts said Mr. Wen may have just toned down his language as a face-saving way out of the confrontation.

I would also insist that in order to complete the face-saving projects.

This won't be just about face saving.

So is the house to enjoy myself, and there is a face-saving cars.

He was keen on face-saving.

reader: "This is what comes of face-saving and ignorance" .

Chinese emphasize very much on courtesy and face-saving.

Is he seeking a face-saving formula from a European summit at the end of the month?