引咎辞职

引咎辭職

yǐnjiùcízhí

verb #49,002

Meanings

1 to resign taking responsibility for one's mistakes
2 to step down to accept blame

Characters

pull/draw to oneself

Examples

事故发生后，市长引咎辞职。

Shìgù fāshēng hòu, shìzhǎng yǐnjiù cízhí.

After the accident, the mayor resigned to take responsibility.

他因管理不善而引咎辞职。

Tā yīn guǎnlǐ bùshàn ér yǐnjiù cízhí.

He resigned taking blame for poor management.

Tips

usage

引咎 literally "to pull the fault onto oneself" — the official publicly accepts responsibility rather than being dismissed. Common in Chinese political reporting when officials step down after disasters, scandals, or production accidents.

Stroke Order

引 yǐn

咎 jiù

辞 cí

职 zhí