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咎有应得

jiù yǒu yīng dé

4-character word Traditional 咎有應得

What 咎有应得 means

1. idiomto deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

The characters in 咎有应得

• 咎jiùfault; to blame; to punish
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

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