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負荊請罪 (fu6 ging1 cing2 zeoi6) — to admit one's wrongs and ask for punishment and forgiveness in Cantonese

fuˍ₆負gingˉ¹荊cingˊ²請zeoiˍ₆罪
简 负荆请罪
Mandarin Pinyin: fu4 jing1 qing3 zui4

Meaning of 負荊請罪

nounto admit one's wrongs and ask for punishment and forgiveness

Characters in 負荊請罪

負fu6
suffer (injury); owe (debt)
荊ging1
thorns; brambles [b] rod; cane [c] (archaic) my wife
請cing2
please
罪zeoi6
suffering; hardship; pain; misery

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