尺 chǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
尺度
chǐdù
scale; criterion; sense of proportion
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 媒体监督必须把握尺度，既不能回避公共利益，也不能侵犯个人隐私。 Méitǐ jiāndū bìxū bǎwò chǐdù, jì bùnéng huíbì gōnggòng lìyì, yě bùnéng qīnfàn gèrén yǐnsī. Media oversight must grasp the proper limits: it must neither avoid the public interest nor violate personal privacy.
- 每个人评价好坏的尺度都不一样。 Měi ge rén píngjià hǎohuài de chǐdù dōu bù yíyàng. Everyone has a different yardstick for judging good and bad.
- 老师对学生要求严格，但尺度要掌握好。 Lǎoshī duì xuésheng yāoqiú yángé, dàn chǐdù yào zhǎngwò hǎo. Teachers are strict with students, but they must get the balance right.