分 寸

fēncun

“Propriety” in Chinese is 分寸 (fēncun).

Meaning

propriety
appropriate behavior
proper speech or action

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within the norms

Example

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.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

fēnHSK 14 strokesto divide; to separate cùnHSK 43 strokesa unit of length

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