They blamed George for the failure.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
归咎
to put the blame on
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to put the blame on
02
to accuse
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 归咎 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 归咎 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Don't blame the mistake on her.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 归咎.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 归咎.
Directly before
- 失败归咎2
- 错误归咎1
- 处境归咎1
Directly after
- 归咎於4
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 归咎
What does 归咎 mean in Chinese?
归咎 (guījiù) means to put the blame on.
How do you pronounce 归咎?
归咎 is pronounced guījiù.
Is 归咎 an HSK word?
归咎 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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