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責有攸歸

简责有攸归 · 繁責有攸歸

Mandarin · pinyin zé yǒu yōu guī

responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)

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責: Look up this written character
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
攸: yōu · distant, far; adverbial prefix
歸: Look up this written character
责: zé · one's responsibility, duty
归: guī · return; return to, revert to

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2–3–1–1 · ze2 you3 you1 gui1

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zaak3 jau5 jau4 gwai1

Cantonese word readings for 責有攸歸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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