"Reflect" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fǎn yìng to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render
 tǐ xiàn to embody / to reflect / to incarnate
 fǎn shè to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
 zhào according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before
 zhé shè to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
 yìng zhào to shine upon / to reflect
 huī yìng to reflect / to shine
 dào yìng to reflect (producing an inverted image)
 sī kǎo to reflect on / to ponder over
 huí wèi to reflect on / to ponder over / aftertaste
 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself / to examine one's conscience / to question oneself / to search one's soul
 fǎn guāng to reflect light
 zì xǐng to examine oneself / to reflect on one's shortcomings / introspection / self-awareness / self-criticism
 fǎn shè guāng to reflect light / reflection / reflected light
 jiàn variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror)
 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
 qiān lu:4 yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human
 yán wéi xīn shēng one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom)
 nèi xǐng to reflect upon oneself / introspection
 xīn lǐ zuò yòng a perception that doesn't reflect reality / a notion based on an erroneous belief
 sī guò to reflect on one's past errors
 móu lu:4 to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy
 huí wàng to return sb's gaze / to meet sb's eyes / to look back (to one's rear) / (fig.) to look back at (the past) / to reflect on
 huí guò tóu lái to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
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