本分
běn fèn
Pinyin

Definition

本分
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běn fèn
  1. (to play) one's part
  2. one's role
  3. one's duty
  4. (to stay within) one's bounds
  5. dutiful
  6. keeping to one's role

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分
fēn
  1. 1 to divide
  2. 2 to separate
  3. 3 to distribute
  4. 4 to allocate
  5. 5 to distinguish (good and bad)
  6. 6 part or subdivision
  7. 7 fraction
  8. 8 one tenth (of certain units)
  9. 9 unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm
  10. 10 minute (unit of time)
  11. 11 minute (angular measurement unit)
  12. 12 a point (in sports or games)
  13. 13 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
分享
fēn xiǎng
  1. 1 to share (let others have some of sth good)
分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
部分
bù fen
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 share
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 piece
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
  1. 1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
  2. 2 nothing to choose between them

Sample Sentences

换成你是我，你就不会这么想了。看到我爸那样，我就什么主意也没了。你说，以前那么精神的一个人，怎么会变成现在这样呢。一想到这儿，就觉得不管多难，都要自己照顾他。儿子照顾老子，天经地义。即使再累，我也要尽到做儿子的本分。
huànchéng nǐ shì wǒ ，nǐ jiù bùhuì zhème xiǎng le 。kàndào wǒ bà nàyàng ，wǒ jiù shénme zhǔyi yě méi le 。nǐ shuō ，yǐqián nàme jīngshen de yī ge rén ，zénme huì biànchéng xiànzài zhèyàng ne 。yī xiǎngdào zhèr ，jiù juéde bùguǎn duō nán ，dōu yào zìjǐ zhàogu tā 。érzi zhàogu lǎozi ，tiānjīngdìyì 。jíshǐ zài lèi ，wǒ yě yào jìndào zuò érzi de běnfèn 。
If I were you, you wouldn't think that way. When I see my dad that way, I have no idea what to do. Tell me, how could a person who used to be so alert become this way? As soon as I think of it, I feel that, no matter how hard it is, I should care for him myself. Sons caring for their parents is the way things should be. No matter how exhausted I get, I have to do everything I can to be a good son.
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对，也不对，礼记和论语都谈到，如果看到父母犯错，必须恭敬地劝说，父母不高兴的时候就先不说，等他高兴的时候再继续劝说，但如果父母已经犯罪了，那又有不同的处理方式，无论如何不能伤害父母或是逾越做子女的本分，更不能放任父母犯罪，因为那也会令父母蒙羞。
duì ，yě bù duì ，Lǐjì hé Lúnyǔ dōu tándào ，rúguǒ kàndào fùmǔ fàncuò ，bìxū gōngjìng de quànshuō ，fùmǔ bù gāoxìng de shíhou jiù xiān bù shuō ，děng tā gāoxìng de shíhou zài jìxù quànshuō ，dàn rúguǒ fùmǔ yǐjīng fànzuì le ，nà yòu yǒu bùtóng de to take care of fāngshì ，wúlùnrúhé bùnéng shānghài fùmǔ huòshì yúyuè zuò zǐnǚ de běnfèn ，gèng bùnéng fàngrèn fùmǔ fànzuì ，yīnwèi nà yě huì lǐng fùmǔ méngxiū 。
Yes and no, the Book of Rites and the Analects of Confucius both mention that if you see your parents make mistakes, you should advise them respectfully. If they get upset then you need to stop advising them for a while, when they're happy again then you should continue to advise them, but if your parents have already engaged in criminal behavior, then there is a different way to deal with things. Whatever you do you can't hurt your parents or overstep your role as their child, but you can also not let your parents committ crimes unfettered, because that is also letting your parents suffer shame.
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相夫教子是女人的本分。迟早要生的。
xiàngfūjiàozǐ shì nǚrén de běnfèn 。chízǎo yào shēng de 。
Helping her husband and raising her children is a woman's proper role. We should have one sooner or later.
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奴才要守本分，娘娘说的奴才不懂。
núcai yào shǒu běnfèn ，niángniang shuō de núcai bù dǒng 。
Your humble slave must keep to his role. Your slave does not understand what his lady is saying.
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