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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
face and respect
An older Korean neighbor down the street from me here in Washington told me recently that when Americans ask her about the scandal engulfing South Korean President Park Geun-hye, she feels “so ashamed.” In East Asia’s Confucian culture, where "face and respect" matter so much, it’s understandable that she would feel embarrassment.
# I took each one of many definitions in a dictionary. Are the following two definitions apt to the "face and respect" above?
face: outward appearence <put a good face on it>
respect: the quality or state of being esteemed.
# I took each one of many definitions in a dictionary. Are the following two definitions apt to the "face and respect" above?
face: outward appearence <put a good face on it>
respect: the quality or state of being esteemed.
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Anonymous Are the following two definitions apt to the "face and respect" above? Anonymous respect: the quality or state of being esteemed. Yes.
- Anonymous Are the following two definitions apt to the "face and respect" above?
- Anonymous respect: the quality or state of being esteemed.
- Yes.
- Anonymous face: outward appearence No.
- 8.
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AnonymousAre the following two definitions apt to the "face and respect" above?
Anonymousrespect: the quality or state of being esteemed.Yes.
Anonymousface: outward appearenceNo.
8. good reputation; dignity; prestige:
They hushed up the family scandal to pres
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Mister MicawberNo.8. good reputation; dignity; prestige:They hushed up the family scandal to preserve face.Thank you so much for Not only a definition, but also an example.
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