責有攸歸

责有攸归
zéyǒuyōuguī
responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)

CEDICT

攸，所。責有攸歸指責任各有歸屬，不容推卸。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 責 zé
  1. duty
  2. responsibility
  3. to reproach
  4. to blame
2 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
3 攸 yōu
  1. distant, far
  2. adverbial prefix
4 歸 guī
  1. to return
  2. to go back to
  3. to give back to
  4. (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
  5. to belong to
  6. to gather together
  7. (used between two identical verbs) despite
  8. to marry (of a woman) (old)
  9. division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor