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難辭其咎

简 难辞其咎 · 繁 難辭其咎
Mandarin · pinyin nán cí qí jiù

Meanings

  1. cannot escape censure (idiom)
  2. has to bear the blame
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難
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辭
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其
qí · his, her, its, their; that
咎
jiù · fault, defect; error, mistake
难
nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
辞
cí · words, speech, expression, phrase
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2–2–2–4 · nan2 ci2 qi2 jiu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naan4 ci4 kei4 gau3

Cantonese word readings for 難辭其咎. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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naan4 ci4 kei4 gau3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) can hardly absolve oneself from the blame; to be culpable; to be to blame

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