咎
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Definitions
- 1. fault
- 2. to blame
- 3. to punish
- 4. calamity
- 5. misfortune
Words Containing 咎
not censure sb for his past misdeeds
to take the blame
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
(idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
to take the blame
to admit responsibility and resign
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
to put the blame on
see 咎由自取[jiù yóu zì qǔ]
cannot escape censure (idiom)