咎

jiù
  1. fault
  2. to blame
  3. to punish
  4. calamity
  5. misfortune

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鼛 (gāo, “large drum”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 皋 (gāo, “a surname”)
  4. alternative form of 皋 (gāo, “a surname”):
  5. alternative form of 鼛 (gāo, “large drum”)
  6. calamity; misfortune
  7. fault; defect; error; mistake
  8. to blame; to punish; to find fault

Wiktionary

  1. 災禍。
  2. 過失。
  3. 責罰、怪罪。
  4. 憎惡。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

不咎既往 bùjiùjìwǎng
  1. not censure sb for his past misdeeds
  2. overlook sb's past mistakes
  3. let bygones be bygones
任咎 rènjiù to take the blame
動輒得咎 dòngzhédéjiù faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
咎有應得 jiùyǒuyīngdé (idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
咎由自取 jiùyóuzìqǔ (idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions
引咎 yǐnjiù
  1. to take the blame
  2. to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
既往不咎 jìwǎngbùjiù
  1. to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones
  2. There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
歸咎 guījiù
  1. to put the blame on
  2. to accuse
自取其咎 zìqǔqíjiù see 咎由自取 jiùyóuzìqǔ
難辭其咎 náncíqíjiù
  1. cannot escape censure (idiom)
  2. has to bear the blame

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  2. defect
  3. shortcomings
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Source: Tatoeba

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