分寸 (fēn cun) — propriety · Chinese · Nantoka

fēn cun

分寸 (fēn cun) is a Chinese word meaning “propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action”.

Meanings

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

Part of speech: noun

Characters in 分寸

分fēn · to divide; to separate 寸cùn · a unit of length

Related words

分钟minute 分to divide; to separate 分part 部分part; portion; piece 分手to part company 十分very 分子(chemistry) molecule 分子member of a class or group; people of a certain type 分子Taiwan variant of 份子[fen4 zi5]分子variant of 分子[fen4 zi3]分析to analyze 大部分the greater part; the majority; most

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