难辞其咎 — Chinese idiom
难辞其咎
nán cí qí jiù
Traditional: 難辭其咎
Meaning
- cannot escape censure
- has to bear the blame
Character by character
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 辞cíwords, speech; to resign, to take leave
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 咎jiùfault, defect; error, mistake
Idioms sharing a character
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 勉为其难 miǎn wéi qí nán
- 千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng
- 千金难买 qiān jīn nán mǎi
- 善财难舍 shàn cái nán shě
- 在所难免 zài suǒ nán miǎn
- 坐立难安 zuò lì nán ān
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