yǐn jiù

引咎 (yǐn jiù) is a Chinese word meaning “to take the blame; to accept responsibility (for a mistake)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to take the blame
  2. 2to accept responsibility (for a mistake)

Characters in 引咎

引yǐn · to draw (e.g. a bow)咎jiù · fault

Related words

引起to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse吸引to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate引to draw (e.g. a bow)引擎engine (loanword)引爆to ignite; to detonate引发to lead to勾引to seduce指引to guide引导to guide吸引力attractive force (such as gravitation)引诱to coerce (sb into doing sth bad)引用to quote; to cite

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