负荆请罪

lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology

to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request

guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin

variant of 罪[zui4], crime

to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc)

chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus) / alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]

to apologize humbly / to beg forgiveness