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引咎辞职

yǐn jiù cí zhídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to admit responsibility and resign
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6881e3d8fa21a152. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

引咎辭職 引咎辞职 [yin3 jiu4 ci2 zhi2] /to admit responsibility and resign/

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Other forms in these source records: 引咎辭職

  • 引
    yǐn

    to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhàng], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

  • 咎
    jiù

    fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune

  • 辞
    cí

    to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad

  • 职
    zhí

    office / duty

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.