propriety · appropriate behavior · proper speech or action · within the norms

fēn cun

f+ēn·1st tonec+un·neutral tone

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Please keep your language decent while my parents are here.

我父母在的时候，请你言语注意分寸。

I know what I'm doing.

我自有分寸。

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