反省

fǎnxǐng ㄈㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄥˇ

- to reflect upon oneself
- to examine one's conscience
- to question oneself
- to search one's soul

Character by character

Classifiers (measure words)

反省了一次 cì reflect on oneself once
反省了一番 fān reflect on oneself thoroughly
反省一下 xià reflect on oneself briefly

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

反思 fǎnsī
- 反思过去 reflect on the past
- 冷静反思 reflect calmly

Telling them apart

反省 means examining one's own past mistakes in order to correct them. 反思 means thinking back over past events to draw lessons for the future, and isn't limited to one's own faults.

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反省