交代

jiāodài
  1. to transfer (duties to sb else)
  2. to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
  3. to explain; to give an account; to brief
  4. to confess; to account for oneself
  5. (jocular) to come to a bad end

CEDICT

jocular

Entry Composition

1 交 jiāo
  1. to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over
  2. to make friends
  3. (of lines) to intersect
  4. variant of 跤 jiāo
2 代 dài
  1. to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
  2. generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon