归咎

歸咎

guījiù

verb #10,556

Meanings

1 to blame
2 to put the blame on
3 to attribute fault to

Characters

to return; to attribute

Examples

不要把失败归咎于别人。

Búyào bǎ shībài guījiù yú biérén.

Don't blame your failure on others.

他把事故归咎于天气。

Tā bǎ shìgù guījiù yú tiānqì.

He blamed the accident on the weather.

Tips

grammar

归咎于 is the standard pattern: 把A归咎于B = blame A on B.

Stroke Order

归 guī

咎 jiù