別人牽驢你拔橛子

别人牵驴你拔橛子
biérenqiānlǘnǐbájuézi
  1. lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
  2. fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

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Entry Composition

1 別人 biéren other people; others; other person
2 牽 qiān
  1. to lead along
  2. to pull (an animal on a tether)
  3. (bound form) to involve
  4. to draw in
3 驢 lǘ donkey

classifier: 頭
=4 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=4 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
5 拔 bá
  1. to pull up
  2. to pull out
  3. to draw out by suction
  4. to select
  5. to pick
  6. to stand out (above level)
  7. to surpass
  8. to seize
=6 橛 jué
  1. a peg
  2. low post
=6 橛 jué old variant of 橛 jué
7 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"