识趣 (shí qù) — 微妙な状況で適切に振る舞う方法を知っている；分別があり如才ない
定義
To be tactful and read the room — knowing when to stop, stay quiet, or step back. Usually appears in 不识趣 ('tactless, clueless') to describe someone who fails to sense others' feelings.
adjective
微妙な状況で適切に振る舞う方法を知っている；分別があり如才ない
例文
- 识趣，。Nǐ zuì hǎo shí qù yì diǎn, bié zài tí nà jiàn shì le.You'd better be tactful and stop mentioning that matter.
- 识趣，。Tā hěn shí qù, kàn dào dà jiā bù gāo xìng jiù qiāo qiāo zǒu le.He is very sensible — as soon as he saw people weren't happy, he slipped away quietly.
- 识趣，。Nǐ zěn me zhè me bù shí qù, rén jiā dōu jù jué le nǐ hái zài wèn.Why are you so tactless? They already said no, and you're still asking.
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