難辭其咎

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	bid farewell; diction; resign bid farewell; diction; resign; say goodbye; take leave; decline	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	blame
trad. (難辭其咎)		難	辭	其	咎
simp. (难辞其咎)		难	辞	其	咎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náncíqíjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄘˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ ci⁴ kei⁴ gau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náncíqíjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄘˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náncíhcíjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tzʻŭ²-chʻi²-chiu⁴
    • Yale: nán-tsź-chí-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantsyrchyijiow
    • Palladius: наньцыцицзю (nanʹcyciczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ ci⁴ kei⁴ gau³
    • Yale: nàahn chìh kèih gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ tsi⁴ kei⁴ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ qi⁴ kéi⁴ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ kɐu̯³³/

Idiom

難辭其咎

1. can hardly absolve oneself from the blame; to be culpable; to be to blame