分寸 fēn cun

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NHSK 7-9 TOCFL L5core 10k

1propriety

2appropriate behavior

3proper speech or action

4within the norms

wǒ我fù mǔ父母zài在de的shí hou时候，qǐng请nǐ你yán yǔ言语zhù yì注意fēn cun分寸。

我父母在的时候，请你言语注意分寸。

Please keep your language decent while my parents are here.

他说话很没分寸。

He has no filter for what he says.

我自有分寸。

I know what I'm doing.