责 zé
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
责怪
zéguài
to blame; to reproach
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Example phrases
- 她没有责怪孩子打碎花瓶，只问他是否被玻璃划伤。 Tā méiyǒu zéguài háizi dǎ suì huāpíng, zhǐ wèn tā shìfǒu bèi bōli huáshāng. She did not blame the child for breaking the vase; she only asked whether he had been cut by the glass.
- 事情没做好，你别一味责怪别人，先想想自己的问题。 Shìqing méi zuò hǎo, nǐ bié yīwèi zéguài biérén, xiān xiǎngxiǎng zìjǐ de wèntí. Since things didn't get done well, don't keep blaming others; think about your own problems first.
- 这不是我一个人的错，谁都没有资格单独责怪谁。 Zhè bùshì wǒ yígerén de cuò, shéi dōu méiyǒu zīgé dāndú zéguài shéi. This isn't my fault alone; no one has the right to blame anyone else on their own.
Related words
- 负责 fùzé to be responsible for
- 责任 zérèn responsibility
- 负责人 fùzérén person in charge
- 指责 zhǐzé to accuse
- 职责 zhízé responsibility, duty
- 谴责 qiǎnzé to condemn; to denounce
- 责备 zébèi to blame; to reproach
- 自责 zìzé to blame oneself; self-reproach
- 奇怪 qíguài strange
- 怪 guài strange
- 怪 guài to blame
- 大惊小怪 dàjīngxiǎoguài to make a fuss over nothing