退思补过 tuìsībǔguò to reflect and amend errors Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 退 tuì verb to retreat to move backward; to withdraw or pull back思 sī verbadjective to think (bound form) to think; to consider; to deliberate补过 補過 bǔguò to make amends to make up for an earlier mistake or fault; to expiate