面壁思过 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 面壁思過 miànbìsīguò ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄛˋ to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds to stand in the corner (punishment) to examine one's conscience fig. Character by character 面(miàn)face 壁(bì)wall 思(sī)think 过(guò)cross A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0