嫁祸于人 (jià huò yú rén) — to shift the blame or misfortune onto someone else
Definition
A four-character idiom meaning to shift blame or misfortune onto an innocent person — a deliberate, morally wrong act of scapegoating.
idiom
to shift the blame or misfortune onto someone else
Examples
- ，嫁祸于人。Tā míng míng shì zì jǐ méi zuò hǎo, què xiǎng jià huò yú rén.He clearly didn't do it well himself, yet he wants to shift the blame onto others.
- 嫁祸于人。Zhè zhǒng jià huò yú rén de zuò fǎ hěn bú dào dé.This kind of blame-shifting behavior is very immoral.
- ，，嫁祸于人。Chū le wèn tí, wǒ men yīng gāi fǎn sī zì jǐ, ér bú shì jià huò yú rén.When a problem arises, we should reflect on ourselves rather than shift the blame onto others.
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