负荆请罪 — Chinese idiom
负荆请罪
fù jīng qǐng zuì
Traditional: 負荊請罪
Meaning
- lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment
- fig. to offer sb a humble apology
Character by character
- 负fùload, burden; to carry, to bear
- 荆jīngthorns, brambles; surname
- 请qǐngto ask, to request; to invite; please
- 罪zuìsin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
Idioms sharing a character
- 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 反裘负刍 fǎn qiú fù chú
- 如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù
- 徒呼负负 tú hū fù fù
- 忍辱负重 rěn rǔ fù zhòng
- 忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì
- 负隅顽抗 fù yú wán kàng
- 披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí
- 荆棘载途 jīng jí zài tú
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