| 引咎辞职 |
yǐn jiù cí zhí |
to admit responsibility and resign |
| 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, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters |
| 引咎 |
yǐn jiù |
to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake) |
| 咎 |
jiù |
fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune |
| 辞 |
cí |
old variant of 辞 |
| 辞 |
cí |
to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 词 |
| 辞职 |
cí zhí |
to resign |
| 职 |
zhí |
office / duty |