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 ㄙㄍㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai³ mun⁴ si¹ gwo³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìménsīguò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄙㄍㄨㄛˋ
  - 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

to shut oneself away and reflect on one’s mistakes

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