责有攸归 — Chinese idiom
责有攸归
zé yǒu yōu guī
Traditional: 責有攸歸
Meaning
- responsibility must lie where it belongs
Character by character
- 责zéone's responsibility, duty
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 攸yōudistant, far; adverbial prefix
- 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
Idioms sharing a character
- 守土有责 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
- 征名责实 zhēng míng zé shí
- 敷衍塞责 fū yǎn sè zé
- 求全责备 qiú quán zé bèi
- 尽职尽责 jìn zhí jìn zé
- 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
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