恰如其分

Chinese

		to be just like; to be just as	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (恰如其分)		恰如	其	分
simp. #(恰如其分)		恰如	其	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàrúqífèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap¹ jyu⁴ kei⁴ fan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàrúqífèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàrúcífèn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻia⁴-ju²-chʻi²-fên⁴
    • Yale: chyà-rú-chí-fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiahruchyifenn
    • Palladius: цяжуцифэнь (cjažucifɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ fən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap¹ jyu⁴ kei⁴ fan⁶
    • Yale: hāp yùh kèih fahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁷ jy⁴ kei⁴ fan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb¹ yu⁴ kéi⁴ fen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚⁵ jyː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ fɐn²²/

Idiom

恰如其分

1. apt; appropriate (of a comment, action, etc.)

   • 按照情況，對於犯錯誤的同志採取恰如其分的合乎實際的批評，甚至必要的鬥爭，這是正常的，是為了幫助他們改正錯誤。 [MSC, trad.]
     按照情况，对于犯错误的同志采取恰如其分的合乎实际的批评，甚至必要的斗争，这是正常的，是为了帮助他们改正错误。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Ànzhào qíngkuàng, duìyú fàn cuòwù de tóngzhì cǎiqǔ qiàrúqífèn de héhū shíjì de pīpíng, shènzhì bìyào de dòuzhēng, zhè shì zhèngcháng de, shì wèile bāngzhù tāmen gǎizhèng cuòwù. [Pinyin]

     It is normal, in accordance with the merits of the case, to mete out appropriate and well grounded criticism to comrades who have erred, and even to conduct necessary struggle against them; this is to help them correct mistakes.