粵

歸gwai1咎gau3

simp归咎
gwai1 gau3guī jiù

English

  1. to put the blame on
  2. to accuse
  3. to lay a blame on; to attribute a fault to

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將過錯加諸自己或者他人身上

Examples

  • 他們把失敗歸咎於喬治。

    They blamed George for the failure.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 不要把這個錯誤歸咎於她。

    Don't blame the mistake on her.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 他把他的错误归咎于坏运气。

    He ascribes his failure to bad luck.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 把你的失败归咎于你的父母是不对的。

    It's not fair to attribute your failure to your parents.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

  • 將自己嘅失敗歸咎社會

    to blame the society for one's own fault

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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