面壁思過

Chinese

		to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation	to reflect on one's faults in the past
trad. (面壁思過)		面壁	思過
simp. (面壁思过)		面壁	思过

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànbìsīguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ bik¹ si¹ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànbìsīguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànbìsihguò
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pi⁴-ssŭ¹-kuo⁴
    • Yale: myàn-bì-sz̄-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannbihsyguoh
    • Palladius: мяньбисыго (mjanʹbisygo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ bik¹ si¹ gwo³
    • Yale: mihn bīk sī gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ bik⁷ si¹ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ big¹ xi¹ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² pɪk̚⁵ siː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³/

Idiom

面壁思過

1. to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds