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"don't blame (sb)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
休怪 xiū guài don't blame (sb)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn
问责 問責 wèn zé to hold accountable / to blame / to censure / to apportion blame
拉不出屎来怨茅房 拉不出屎來怨茅房 lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) / fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings
言者无罪，闻者足戒 言者無罪，聞者足戒 yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom) / an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that) / don't imagine (that) syn
不以辞害志 不以辭害志 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
瓜田不纳履 瓜田不納履 guā tián bù nà lǚ lit. don't tie your shoe-laces in a melon-patch / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
少安毋躁 shǎo ān wú zào keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient syn
一不做，二不休 yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound
不以词害志 不以詞害誌 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不见不散 不見不散 bù jiàn bù sàn lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom) / fig. Be sure to wait! / See you there!
别太客气 別太客氣 bié tài kè qi lit. no excessive politeness / Don't mention it! / You're welcome! / Please don't stand on ceremony.
己所不欲，勿施于人 己所不欲，勿施於人 jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
若要人不知，除非己莫为 若要人不知，除非己莫為 ruò yào rén bù zhī , chú fēi jǐ mò wéi If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it (idiom). fig. If you do something bad, people will inevitably hear about it.
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
不是一家人不进一家门 不是一家人不進一家門 bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom) / marriages are predestined / people marry because they share common traits
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
勿cue wù c u e (Internet slang) don't call on me / don't drag me in
勿cue wù - cue (Internet slang) don't call on me / don't drag me in
有怪莫怪 yǒu guài mò guài please don't take offense / don't take it personally
不是 bú shi fault / blame syn
责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility / blame / duty / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
埋怨 mán yuàn to complain / to grumble (about) / to reproach / to blame syn
责怪 責怪 zé guài to blame / to rebuke syn
自责 自責 zì zé to blame oneself syn
责备 責備 zé bèi to blame / to criticize / condemnation / reproach syn
推卸 tuī xiè to avoid (esp. responsibility) / to shift (the blame) / to pass the buck syn
怪罪 guài zuì to blame syn
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses syn
推诿 推諉 tuī wěi to shirk responsibility / to blame others / to pass the buck syn
引咎 yǐn jiù to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake) syn
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute / to shift the blame onto someone else
怨天尤人 yuàn tiān yóu rén (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others syn
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly syn
嗔怪 chēn guài to blame / to rebuke syn
怨不得 yuàn bu de cannot blame / no wonder syn
咎由自取 jiù yóu zì qǔ (idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions syn
归咎 歸咎 guī jiù to put the blame on / to accuse syn
难辞其咎 難辭其咎 nán cí qí jiù cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame
非难 非難 fēi nàn reproof / blame syn
非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn
顶罪 頂罪 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else / to compensate for one's crime / to get charges dropped (by paying money etc)
申斥 shēn chì to rebuke / to blame / to denounce syn
委 wěi to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly syn
归罪 歸罪 guī zuì to blame sb syn
责 責 zé duty / responsibility / to reproach / to blame syn
嫁祸于人 嫁禍於人 jià huò yú rén to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom) / to blame others / to pass the buck syn
怨 yuàn to blame / (bound form) resentment / hatred / grudge syn
斥 chì to blame / to reprove / to reprimand / to expel / to oust / to reconnoiter / (of territory) to expand / saline marsh syn
嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc) syn
咎 jiù fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune syn
诮 誚 qiào ridicule / to blame syn
谯 譙 qiào ridicule / to blame
埋天怨地 mán tiān yuàn dì lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth / fig. to rave and rant
代人受过 dài rén shòu guò to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
一字褒贬 一字褒貶 yī zì bāo biǎn lit. dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom) / fig. concise and powerful style
咠 qì to whisper / to blame, to slander
代罪 dài zuì to act as a scapegoat / to take the blame for sb else
任咎 rèn jiù to take the blame
切责 切責 qiè zé to blame / to reprimand
呰 zǐ to slander / to blame / to revile
嗔着 嗔著 chēn zhe (coll.) to blame sb for sth
后账 後賬 hòu zhàng undisclosed account / to settle matters later / to blame sb after the event
指指点点 指指點點 zhǐ zhǐ diǎn diǎn to gesticulate / to point out / to point the finger of blame syn
挨批 ái pī to be criticized / to suffer blame
挨头子 挨頭子 ái tóu zi to be criticized / to suffer blame
横加指责 橫加指責 héng jiā zhǐ zé to blame unscrupulously syn
申饬 申飭 shēn chì to warn / to blame / to rebuke / also written 申斥 syn
质难 質難 zhì nàn to blame
顶缸 頂缸 dǐng gāng to take the blame / to be a scapegoat / to carry the can
指责游戏 指責遊戲 zhǐ zé yóu xì blame game
诿过 諉過 wěi guò to put the blame on sb else
自谴 自譴 zì qiǎn to blame oneself / self-recrimination
甩锅 甩鍋 shuǎi guō (neologism c. 2017) to shift the blame / to pass the buck
别人牵驴你拔橛子 別人牽驢你拔橛子 bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
各打五十大板 gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties
贼喊捉贼 賊喊捉賊 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) syn
后果自负 後果自負 hòu guǒ zì fù to take responsibility for the consequences of risky behavior / to have only oneself to blame if things go badly
不是 bù shi fault / blame syn
不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn
不要 bù yào don't! / must not syn
难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ... / could it be that...? syn
倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you syn
罢了 罷了 bà liǎo a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok) syn
请勿 請勿 qǐng wù please don't syn
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) syn
不客气 不客氣 bù kè qi you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt
提防 dī fáng to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] syn
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that
鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn
管它 guǎn tā no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor) / fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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