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动辄得咎 (dòng zhé dé jiù): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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动辄得咎 (dòng zhé dé jiù): To be blamed for every move — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

动辄得咎 consists of 4 characters.

to move, to act, to change

to get, to obtain, to gain

fault, defect; error, mistake

Word Info

Pinyindòng zhé dé jiù

Meaningto be blamed for every move; to be constantly criticized

Characters4

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0—

Syntax—

Word动辄得咎

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Example Sentences with 动辄得咎

Tā他

zài在

gōng公

sī司

lǐ里

dòng动

zhé辄

dé得

jiù咎

，

zuò做

shén什

me么

shì事

dōu都

bèi被

pī批

píng评

。

He is constantly criticized in the company; no matter what he does, he gets blamed.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 动辄得咎.

Words with 动

运动yùn dòngHSK 2
动物dòng wùHSK 3
动物园dòng wù yuánHSK 3
运动会yùn dòng huìHSK 3
运动员yùn dòng yuánHSK 3
动作dòng zuòHSK 4
动车dòng chēHSK 4
感动gǎn dòngHSK 4

Words with 得

觉得jué deHSK 2
得分dé fēnHSK 3
得到dé dàoHSK 3
懂得dǒng deHSK 3
认得rèn deHSK 3
记得jì deHSK 3
值得zhí deHSK 4
取得

Words with 咎

归咎guījiù
咎由自取jiù yóu zì qǔ
引咎辞职yǐnjiù cízhí
既往不咎jì wǎng bù jiù

qǔ dé

HSK 4