咎 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)

Contained in

• 谪咎(謫咎) to criticize
• 动辄得咎(動輒得咎) faulted at every turn; can't get anything right
• 招咎 to cause a disaster
• 咎由自取 a self-inflicted disaster
• 引咎 to take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake)
• 既往不咎 let bygones be bygones; immediately forget and not blame
• 归咎(歸咎) to put the blame on; to accuse
• 难辞其咎(難辭其咎) cannot escape censure for that error
• 咎有应得(咎有應得) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
• 任咎 to take the blame
• 不咎既往 not censure for past misdeeds
• 降咎 to send misfortune
• 引咎辞职(引咎辭職) admit an error and resign from a post

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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• 卷二十七　韓二 Chapter 27: Han II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 44
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 19
• 卷23　志第18 五行下 Volume 23 Treatises 18: Five Elements 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 16
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 15
• 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 15
• 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 15
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 13
• 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 12
• 《晉世家》 House of Jin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 11
• 卷二十七 志第十七 五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 11

Collocations

• 咎犯 (咎犯) 咎犯辭歸 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六　說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 50
• 大咎 (大咎) 期年將有大咎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
• 曹咎 (曹咎) 乃請蘄獄掾曹咎書抵櫟陽獄掾司馬欣 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 9
• 魏咎 (魏咎) 魏咎為魏王 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang — count: 8
• 咎出奔 (咎出奔) 齊高無咎出奔莒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
• 咎及 (咎及) 故怨咎及之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 宜咎 (宜咎) 陳鍼宜咎出奔楚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 用咎 (用咎) 其作汝用咎 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 5
• 王咎 (王咎) 魏王咎始 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦楚之際月表》 Monthly Table of (the Events) between Qin and Chu — count: 5
• 怨咎 (怨咎) 故怨咎及之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5