安分
on1 fan6ān fèn
English
- content with one's lot
- knowing one's place
- law-abiding; not going beyond one's bounds
粵語 — Cantonese
- 安守本分,唔做啲超出自己範圍嘅事
Examples
现在许多年轻人工作都不太安分,朋友的儿子大学毕业不到两年,已经换了五个工作了。
These days many young people work without much focus; my friend's son hadn't gone two years after graduating before he'd changed jobs five times.
Tatoeba · Yashanti CC BY
安分守己
to know one's place
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk