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动辄得咎
dòng​zhé​dé​jiù

faulted at every turn

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 动辄 動輒 dòng​zhé
    at every turn
    (literary) easily; readily; frequently; often used to describe something happening at the slightest provocation or movement
  2. 得 dé verb
    to catch
    to contract or suffer from (an illness or misfortune)
  3. 咎 jiù
    fault
    fault; mistake; error; blame