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安on1分fan6

on1 fan6ān fèn

English

  1. content with one's lot
  2. knowing one's place
  3. law-abiding; not going beyond one's bounds

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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