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嫁祸于人

jià huò yú rén

4-character word Traditional 嫁禍於人

What 嫁祸于人 means

1. to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others
2. to pass the buck

The characters in 嫁祸于人

• 嫁jià(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 他光是嫁祸于人家。
  Tā guāngshì jiàhuòyúrén jiā.
  He is just passing the blame onto others.