负荆请罪 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 負荊請罪 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 负(fù)bear 荆(jīng)an early name for the state of Chu 楚国 chǔguó 请(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