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動輒得咎

简 动辄得咎 · 繁 動輒得咎
Mandarin · pinyin dòng zhé dé jiù

Meanings

  1. faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
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Characters in this entry

動
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
輒
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得
dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
咎
jiù · fault, defect; error, mistake
动
dòng · move, happen; movement, action
辄
zhé · sides of chariot where weapons
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4–2–2–4 · dong4 zhe2 de2 jiu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

dung6 zip3 dak1 gau3

Cantonese word readings for 動輒得咎. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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dung6 zip3 dak1 gau3

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