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寸 cùn

inch; small, tiny

Strokes
3
Level
HSK 6
Type
Ideograph

Memory hint: A hand with a dot indicating where the pulse can be felt, about an inch up the wrist

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  1. 说话要有分寸。
    Shuōhuà yào yǒu fēncun.
    When speaking, you should know your limits.
    speak should have propriety
  2. 你觉得他说话有分寸吗？
    Nǐ juéde tā shuōhuà yǒu fēncun ma?
    Do you think he speaks with propriety?
    you think he speak have propriety (question)
  3. 开玩笑也要有分寸，别太过分。
    Kāiwánxiào yě yào yǒu fēncun, bié tài guòfèn.
    Even when joking, you should know your limits, don't go too far.
    make-joke also should have propriety, don't too excessive
  4. 他说话完全没有分寸。
    Tā shuōhuà wánquán méiyǒu fēncun.
    He speaks with absolutely no sense of propriety.
    he speak completely not-have propriety
  5. 在正式场合发言时，要注意分寸。
    Zài zhèngshì chǎnghé fāyán shí, yào zhùyì fēncun.
    When speaking on formal occasions, you should mind your propriety.
    at formal occasion speak time, should pay-attention propriety

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