咎

难辞其咎

nán cí qí jiù

cannot escape censure (idiom)

自取其咎

zì qǔ qí jiù

see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]

不咎既往

bù jiù jì wǎng

not censure sb for his past misdeeds

任咎

rèn jiù

to take the blame

动辄得咎

dòng zhé dé jiù

faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right

咎有应得

jiù yǒu yīng dé

(idiom) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

咎由自取

jiù yóu zì qǔ

(idiom) to have only oneself to blame; to bring trouble through one's own actions

引咎

yǐn jiù

to take the blame

引咎辞职

yǐn jiù cí zhí

to admit responsibility and resign

既往不咎

jì wǎng bù jiù

to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones

归咎

guī jiù

to put the blame on