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分清

fēn qīng

2-character word

What 分清 means

1. to distinguish (between different things)
2. to make distinctions clear

The characters in 分清

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted

Example sentences

• 要分清是非是困难的。
  To distinguish right from wrong is difficult.
• 我还没有分清楚这些学生。
  I still can't tell these students apart.

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