quy tội
Definition
- Verb:
- To blame / to attribute blame: The act of assigning fault, responsibility, or guilt for a mistake, offense, or wrongdoing to someone or something.
- To accuse / to charge: To formally or informally state that someone is responsible for a fault or crime.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ta không nên quy tội cho đồng nghiệp. (He should not blame his colleague.)
- Cảnh sát đã quy tội cho nghi phạm. (The police attributed the blame to the suspect.)
- Đừng quy tội cho hoàn cảnh. (Don't blame the circumstances.)
Advanced Usage
- The verb is often used in formal, legal, or serious contexts to describe the process of establishing culpability.
- It can be used with prepositions like (to/for) to indicate the target of the blame.
Variants and Related Words
- Đổ tội (v): to shift blame, to put the blame on someone else. This is a close synonym.
- Hắn luôn tìm cách đổ tội cho người khác. (He always finds a way to shift blame onto others.)
Synonyms
- To blame: To assign responsibility for a fault.
- To accuse: To charge someone with an offense.
- To attribute guilt: To assign culpability.
Related Idioms
- Quy tội cho oan: to wrongfully blame; to falsely accuse.
- Quy tội cho oan một người là sai trái. (To wrongfully blame a person is unjust.)