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咎
jiù
fault, defect; error, mistake
🔤 Pictophonetic:
口 (mouth) provides meaning, 处 provides pronunciation
Words Using 咎 (10)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
咎
jiù
fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune
咎
jiù
fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune
任咎
rènjiù
to take the blame
任咎
rènjiù
to take the blame
动辄得咎
dòngzhédéjiù
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
动辄得咎
dòngzhédéjiù
faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
咎有应得
jiùyǒuyīngdé
to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
咎有应得
jiùyǒuyīngdé
to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
引咎
yǐnjiù
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
引咎
yǐnjiù
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
引咎辞职
yǐnjiùcízhí
to admit responsibility and resign
引咎辞职
yǐnjiùcízhí
to admit responsibility and resign
既往不咎
jìwǎngbùjiù
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
既往不咎
jìwǎngbùjiù
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
不咎既往
bùjiùjìwǎng
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
不咎既往
bùjiùjìwǎng
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
自取其咎
zìqǔqíjiù
to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
自取其咎
zìqǔqíjiù
to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
归咎
guījiù
to blame / to declare to be at fault
归咎
guījiù
to blame / to declare to be at fault
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chù
处
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
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To go somewhere 夂 and put down a flag 卜
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