替罪羊 (tì zuì yáng) — scapegoat

Definition

Examples

• 出了事，领导总是找替罪羊。
  Chū liǎo shì, lǐng dǎo zǒng shì zhǎo tì zuì yáng.
  When something goes wrong, the boss always looks for a scapegoat.
• 他成了这次事故的替罪羊。
  Tā chéng le zhè cì shì gù de tì zuì yáng.
  He became the scapegoat for this accident.
• 公司不能把责任都推给一个人，那是不公平的替罪羊。
  Gōng sī bù néng bǎ zé rèn dōu tuī gěi yí gè rén, nà shì bù gōng píng de tì zuì yáng.
  The company can't push all the responsibility onto one person — that's an unfair scapegoat.