负荆请罪
Traditional form:
負荊請罪
Pinyin (reading):
fùjīngqǐngzuì
Definitions:
- lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)
- fig. to offer sb a humble apology
Characters:
- 负 - load, burden; to carry, to bear
- 荆 - thorns, brambles; surname
- 请 - to ask, to request; to invite; please
- 罪 - sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
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