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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

三分 [sānfēn]
  1. 1. 30%; a little; somewhat
    谁都怕他三分
    Everybody is a little afraid of him.
    三分长相,七分打扮
    three parts natural beauty, seven parts clothing and makeup
    这个女人长相凶悍,让人一见就畏惧三分
    两杯酒下肚,他已带三分醉意。
  2. 2. divided into three parts; split into three

Examples

这本书三分历史,七分科学,内容非常驳杂。
This book is a heterogeneous mass of information, being three parts history and seven parts science. 驳杂
七分成绩,三分错误
70 per cent achievements, 30 per cent mistakes
谁都怕他三分
Everybody is a little afraid of him. 三分
三分长相,七分打扮
three parts natural beauty, seven parts clothing and makeup 三分
这个女人长相凶悍,让人一见就畏惧三分 三分
两杯酒下肚,他已带三分醉意。 三分
在处理对外事务中,我们应当先礼让三分 礼让
三分十五秒不是单名数, 是复名数。
Three minutes and fifteen seconds is a compound number, not the opposite. 单名数
她这张利口, 没理都能搅三分
With a glib tongue, she can make things sound reasonable even when they are unreasonable. 利口
我们都怕老板三分
We are all a little afraid of the boss.

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