qiàn

to apologize

to regret; deficient

owing, lacking (欠) + sound (兼) = to apologize; to be deficient

欠 depicts a person leaning forward with an open mouth — a posture of lacking or owing. 兼 provides the sound qiàn; the meaning of falling short and needing to apologize lives in 欠.

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他向她道,说自己来晚了。

tā xiàng tā dào qiàn,shuō zì jǐ lái wǎn le。

He apologized to her, saying he had come late.

做错了事要勇于道,不能一直沉默。

zuò cuò le shì yào yǒng yú dào qiàn,bù néng yī zhí chén mò。

When you have done something wrong, you must have the courage to apologize and not stay silent.

Words with 歉

抱歉

bào qiàn

to be sorry

歉意

qiàn yì

apology

歉收

qiàn shōu

crop failure

歉疚

qiàn jiù

remorseful

致歉

zhì qiàn

to apologize; to express regret

道歉

dào qiàn

to apologize

More characters with 兼