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背黑锅 (bēi hēi guō) — to be made a scapegoat; to take the blame for someone else

Definition

背黑锅 (bēi hēi guō) is a colloquial verb meaning 'to be made a scapegoat' — taking the blame for someone else's mistake. The 锅 (guō) literally means 'pot', but here it just paints the picture of the person unfairly saddled with blame.

verb
to be made a scapegoatto take the blame for someone else

Examples

  • 背黑锅，。
    Tā tì lǎo bǎn bēi hēi guō, jié guǒ bèi gōng sī kāi chú le.
    He took the blame for his boss and ended up getting fired by the company.
  • ，。
    Zhè jiàn shì míng míng bú shì wǒ zuò de, wǒ què bèi le yí cì hēi guō.
    This clearly wasn't my doing, but I became the scapegoat anyway.
  • 背黑锅？
    Nǐ wèi shén me zǒng shì ràng wǒ bēi hēi guō?
    Why do you always make me take the blame?
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