粵

冇mou5分fan1寸cyun3

mou5 fan1 cyun3mǎo fen1cun5

English

  1. to have no sense of propriety; to have no sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits
  2. boundaries; to overstep the mark [colloquial]
  3. to tail to show proper restraint; to overstep the mark

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 做事唔醒目,唔識幾時過火就要停

Examples

  • 班學生好冇分寸,上堂竟然搣橙嚟食。

    The students are going too far in class. They even started eating oranges.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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