分寸
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Definitions
- propriety
- appropriate behavior
- proper speech or action
- within the norms
Example Sentences
说话做事要有分寸，要适度。
Shuōhuà yào yǒu fēncun
You should have a sense of propriety when speaking
Related Words
三从四德(sān cóng sì dé)— Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
→口德(kǒu dé)— propriety in speech
→四德(sì dé)— four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends
→兵来将挡，水来土掩(bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn)— counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
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