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动辄得咎

dòng zhé dé jiù

4-character word Traditional 動輒得咎

What 动辄得咎 means

1. faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right

The characters in 动辄得咎

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 辄zhéthen; at once; always
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 咎jiùfault; to blame; to punish