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别人牵驴你拔橛子

bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi

8-character word Traditional 別人牽驢你拔橛子

What 别人牵驴你拔橛子 means

1. lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
2. fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame

The characters in 别人牵驴你拔橛子

• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 人rénperson; people
• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 橛juéa peg; low post
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子