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 ㄙㄍㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ bik¹ si¹ gwo³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miànbìsīguò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙㄍㄨㄛˋ
  - 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

to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds

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