To plead on behalf of others for mercy, for their lives to be spared, or for their suffering to be relieved; often used in the phrase 为民请命wèimínqǐngmìng
to volunteer
To request to be assigned a task or mission
to request instructions
(Literary) to ask for instructions from a superior or the authorities
to beg for mercy
To beg for one's life to be spared or to ask for a pardon for one's own crimes; to surrender and throw oneself on the mercy of a superior
to request an appointment
(of a local ruler or official) to request that the imperial court formally grant or confirm an official title or position
