fǎn xǐng

HSK 7–9

反省 (fǎn xǐng) is a Chinese word meaning “to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself”.

Meanings

  1. 1to reflect upon oneself
  2. 2to examine one's conscience
  3. 3to question oneself
  4. 4to search one's soul
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 反省

反fǎn · contrary省shěng · to save; to economize; to be frugal

Related words

反应to react反正anyway反对to oppose; to be against; to object to反contrary省to save; to economize; to be frugal省(bound form) to scrutinize违反to violate (a law)反抗to resist相反opposite反而on the contrary; instead反击to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack反复repeatedly

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