jiù

  1. jiù verb to punish; to chastise; to blame
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 责罚 or 怪罪; for example the idiom, 既往不咎 'immediately forget and not blame' (Guoyu '咎' jiù v 1)
  2. jiù noun an error; a mistake
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 过失; for example the idiom, 引咎辞职 'admit an error and resign' (Guoyu '咎' jiù n 2; Unihan '咎')
  3. jiù noun a disaster
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 灾祸; for example the idiom, 咎由自取 'self-inflicted disaster' (Guoyu '咎' jiù n 1)
  4. jiù verb to loathe; to hate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 憎恶 (Guoyu '咎' jiù v 2)
  5. gāo noun bass drum
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 大鼓 (Guoyu '咎' gāo n 1)
  6. gāo proper noun Gao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '咎' gāo n 2)
  7. jiù noun transgression; fault; aparādha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: aparādha, Japanese: kyū, or: kou (BCSD '咎', p. 253; MW 'aparādha'; Unihan '咎')

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归咎既往不咎引咎辞职不咎既往引咎谪咎咎由自取招咎咎有应得动辄得咎任咎难辞其咎降咎

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