分寸 – vocab dash

分寸fēncun

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Meanings

1. propriety

2. appropriate behavior

3. proper speech or action

4. within the norms

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我wǒ父母fùmǔ在zài的de时候shíhou，请qǐng你nǐ言语yányǔ注意zhùyì分寸fēncun。

Please keep your language decent while my parents are here.

我wǒ自有zìyǒu分寸fēncun。

I know what I'm doing.