顶缸
dǐng​gāng

to take the blame

  • created sense approved 顶缸/頂缸 · dǐng​gāng · to take the blame — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顶缸 / 頂缸

    dǐng​gāng

    to take the blame

    (colloquial) to take the blame or responsibility for someone else's mistake; to be a scapegoat

    顶, 缸

    顶 (literal) → 顶/頂 · dǐng · to replace 缸 (literal) → 缸 · gāng · jar

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

    created sense