咎有应得 — Chinese idiom
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
Traditional: 咎有應得
Meaning
- to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
Character by character
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 应yīngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
Idioms sharing a character
- 动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù
- 咎由自取 jiù yóu zì qǔ
- 既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù
- 难辞其咎 nán cí qí jiù
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng
- 互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú
- 井井有条 jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn
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