閉門思過

Chinese

		to close the door; to seclude oneself; to isolate oneself	to reflect on one's faults in the past
trad. (閉門思過)		閉門	思過
simp. (闭门思过)		闭门	思过

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìménsīguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴ si¹ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìménsīguò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìménsihguò
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-mên²-ssŭ¹-kuo⁴
    • Yale: bì-mén-sz̄-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihmensyguoh
    • Palladius: бимэньсыго (bimɛnʹsygo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai³ mun⁴ si¹ gwo³
    • Yale: bai mùhn sī gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai³ mun⁴ si¹ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei³ mun⁴ xi¹ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ siː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³/

Idiom

閉門思過

1. to shut oneself away and reflect on one’s mistakes