Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Clear-cut, distinct, unambiguous: Describes something that is clearly defined, with no room for confusion or overlap. It emphasizes sharp boundaries and definitive separation between elements, such as in reasoning, categorization, or accounts.
   • Fair and just, impartial: Often implies a sense of justice where right and wrong, or different parties, are judged or treated with clear and unbiased distinction.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Lập luận của anh ấy rất phân minh. (His argument is very clear-cut.)
  • Cần phải phân minh giữa thiện và ác. (It is necessary to make a clear distinction between good and evil.)
  • Tính toán tiền nong cho phân minh. (To make clear-cut accounts in matters of money.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal or literary contexts to describe principles, justice, logic, or moral boundaries.
  • Một bản án phân minh. (A fair and just verdict.)
  • Sự phân minh trong đạo đức. (The clarity/distinctness in morality.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phân định (v): to demarcate, to distinguish. Focuses on the act of drawing clear lines.
  • Phân định ranh giới. (To demarcate a boundary.)
• Rõ ràng (adj): clear, obvious. A more general synonym for clarity, but less strong on the concept of sharp distinction.

Synonyms

• Clear-cut: Sharply defined.
• Distinct: Readily distinguishable.
• Unambiguous: Not open to more than one interpretation.
• Fair: Impartial and just.

Related Idioms

• Công bằng phân minh: Impartial and fair justice.
  • Một xã hội cần có công bằng phân minh. (A society needs fair and impartial justice.)

1. Definite, clear-cut
   • Tính toán tiền nong cho phân minh
     To make clear-cut accounts in matter of money