守本分
shǒu​běn​fèn

to mind one's place

  • created sense approved 守本分 · shǒu​běn​fèn · to mind one's place — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    守本分

    shǒu​běn​fèn

    to mind one's place

    to know one's place and fulfill one's duties properly without being ambitious or overstepping boundaries

    守 (literal) → 守 · shǒu · to abide by 本分 (literal) → 本分 · běn​fèn · one's duty

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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