反思
fǎn sī
Pinyin
Definition
反思
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- to think back over sth
- to review
- to revisit
- to rethink
- reflection
- reassessment
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 anyway
- 2 in any case
- 3 to come over from the enemy's side
- 1 to have the nerve
- 2 what a cheek!
- 3 to feel no shame
- 4 to overcome the shame
- 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
- 1 to think of
- 2 to long for
- 3 to miss
Idioms (20)
一反常态
- 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
- 2 entirely outside the norm
- 3 out of character
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
- 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
- 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
不假思索
- 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
- 2 to fire from the hip
Sample Sentences
骨子里的奴性,势利,逆来顺受,自私自利,都是鲁迅想要写出来给人看,让人反思的东西。如果国民精神麻木,物质再丰富也没用。
The servility embedded in peoples' bones, their snobbery, selfishness and willingness to take abuse without fighting back-- these are all the things Lu Hsun wanted to write about to let people see and rethink. If people's spirits are numb, it doesn't matter how materially rich they are.
那个时代的人需要认识和反思自己,现代人同样需要。如果鲁迅现在还在世,肯定会用他的笔狠狠地写出现代人的弊病!
People in that time needed to get to know and rethink themselves, and people today need the same thing. If Lu Hsun were still alive, he would definitely take up his pen and write about the evils of modern people.
是啊。不过多看一些这类亲子节目,确实可以得到很多启发,时不时反思一下自己。
Yeah. But when I often watch these kind of parent-child programs I really do get a lot of inspiration and from time to time reassess myself.