動輒得咎
dòng​zhé​dé​jiù

faulted at every turn

  • created sense approved 动辄得咎/動輒得咎 · dòng​zhé​dé​jiù · faulted at every turn — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    动辄得咎 / 動輒得咎

    dòng​zhé​dé​jiù

    faulted at every turn

    be blamed or punished for whatever one does; describes a difficult situation where it is impossible to avoid criticism no matter how one acts

    动辄 (literal) → 动辄/動輒 · dòng​zhé · at every turn 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to catch 咎 (literal) → 咎 · jiù · fault

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense