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咎
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fault, to blame, to punish, calamity, misfortune

Pinyin
jiù
Strokes
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Words starting with 咎Words ending in 咎Anywhere in a word

Words starting with 咎

咎由自取jiù yóu zì qǔ

(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions

咎有应得jiù yǒu yīng dé

(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

Words ending in 咎

任咎rèn jiù

to take the blame

引咎yǐn jiù

to take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake)

归咎guī jiù

to put the blame on; to accuse

动辄得咎dòng zhé dé jiù

faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right

既往不咎jì wǎng bù jiù

to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones; There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

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