We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「負荊請罪」, with its usage explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「負荊請罪」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
Fu: to carry on the back; Jing: bramble. Carrying a whip on his back, he apologized to the other party. It means to admit one’s mistake and make amends to someone.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fù jīng qǐng zuì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fu6 ging1 cheng2 jeui6
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