负荆 fùjīng to apologize Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 负荆 負荊 fù//jīng to apologize (literary) To apologize or offer a humble apology; literally "to carry thorny branches on one's back" as a sign of being ready to accept punishment. Often used with 请罪 qǐngzuì. Frequency Written text 0.032 per million Cross-References See 请罪 qǐngzuì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
负荆 負荊 fù//jīng to apologize (literary) To apologize or offer a humble apology; literally "to carry thorny branches on one's back" as a sign of being ready to accept punishment. Often used with 请罪 qǐngzuì. Frequency Written text 0.032 per million Cross-References See 请罪 qǐngzuì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
