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咎jiù由yóu自zì取qǔ
  1. (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions

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咎jiù

fault; to blame; to punish; calamity; misfortune

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

不咎既往bù jiù jì wǎng

not censure sb for his past misdeeds; overlook sb's past mistakes; let bygones be bygones

动辄得咎dòng zhé dé jiù

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

咎有应得jiù yǒu yīng dé

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

引咎辞职yǐn jiù cí zhí

to admit responsibility and resign

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.

自取其咎zì qǔ qí jiù

see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]

难辞其咎nán cí qí jiù

cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame

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