粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
理解自己嘅身份同場合，知道有乜嘢應該做，乜嘢唔應該做 (sense of appropriateness)
名詞Examples
做事冇分寸
to act inappropriately
分寸
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· included in 2 dictionaries粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
理解自己嘅身份同場合，知道有乜嘢應該做，乜嘢唔應該做 (sense of appropriateness)
名詞Examples
做事冇分寸
to act inappropriately
維基辭典YueWord
Original phonetic: /fɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³/
01
fen and cun, two ancient Chinese units of length
02
sense of propriety; proper limits (of decorum, speech, behaviour, etc.)
03
small; little; insignificant; negligible
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