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

HSK 6

不要把失败归咎于别人。

Búyào bǎ shībài guījiù yú biérén.

Don't blame your failure on others.

HSK 6

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