負荊請罪 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 负荆请罪 fùjīngqǐngzuì ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄗㄨㄟˋ lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) fig. to offer sb a humble apology Character by character 負(fù)bear 荊(jīng)an early name for the state of Chu 楚国 chǔguó 請(qǐng)please 罪(zuì)guilt A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0