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分寸

fēn cun

HSK 6 2-character word

What 分寸 means

1. propriety
2. appropriate behavior
3. proper speech or action
4. within the norms

The characters in 分寸

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 寸cùna unit of length; inch; thumb

Example sentences

• 我自有分寸。
  I know what I'm doing.
• 他说话很没分寸。
  Tā shuōhuà hěn méifēncùn.
  He has no filter for what he says.
• 我父母在的时候，请你言语注意分寸。
  Wǒ fùmǔ zài de shíhou, qǐng nǐ yányǔ zhùyì fēncun.
  Please keep your language decent while my parents are here.

Words containing 分寸

• 没分寸méi fēn cùninappropriate; bad-mannered