self-examine
Looking back at the Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f à NGU à NN è izh à o, which was originally Buddhist. It refers to the Buddha nature control examination. It also refers to self reflection. From "Mencius Zi Yi Shu Zheng · Li 15".
The origin of Idioms
Dai Zhen of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the book of Mencius Zi Yi Shu Zheng Li 15: "there is no way to understand it here, but to see the other's giving up material desires and looking back at it is close to self-examination."
Idiom usage
We try to find out whether we can avoid the prince's misgivings in the evening? On private morality by Liang Qichao
Chinese PinYin : fǎn guān nèi zhào
self-examine
beg about the streets by playing an instrument. wú shì chuī xiāo
hold one 's nose and pass stopping one 's nose. yǎn bí ér guò
Help each other with sincerity. hé zhōng gòng jì
to borrow sth. to make a gift of it. jiè huā xiàn fó