闭门思过

Traditional form:

閉門思過

Pinyin (reading):

bìménsīguò

Definitions:

• shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes

Characters:

• 闭 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through

Traditional characters:

• 閉 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through