Dǎ le bàizhàng de jiāngjūn huídào jīngchéng, guì zài diàn qián xiàng huángdì qǐngzuì.
The general who had lost the battle returned to the capital and knelt before the hall to ask the emperor for punishment.
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The famous case is 负荆请罪: the general 廉颇 went to 蔺相如 with thorn branches on his bare back. Today 请罪 is often said half in jest, for being late or forgetting something.
