面壁思過 miàn bì sī guò

DEFINITIONS

  1. to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds
  2. to stand in the corner (punishment)
  3. (fig.) to examine one's conscience

CHARACTERS

面 miàn
HSK 1
face; surface; plane; side, dimension
壁 bì
HSK 5
partition wall; walls of a house
思 sī
HSK 2
think, consider, ponder; final particle
過 guò pass, pass through, go across