tā / fā / xiàn / zì / jǐ / shuō / cuò / le / huà / zhǐ / hǎo / xiàng / dà / jiā / fú / ruǎn / dào / qiàn

他发现自己说错了话，只好向大家服软道歉。

After realizing that he had misspoken, he had to give in and apologize to everyone.