动辄得咎

dòng zhé dé jiù

Definitions

1. faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right

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Child Words of 动辄得咎

(of sth) to move

to obtain

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to

easily

fault

then