Definition

1. Verb:
   • To try to pass the buck to others; to shirk responsibility: The act of avoiding one's own duties or obligations by pushing them onto someone else, often in a cunning or evasive manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ta luôn tìm cách đun đẩy công việc khó cho đồng nghiệp. (He always tries to pass the difficult work to his colleagues.)
  • Đừng có đun đẩy, hãy tự mình giải quyết vấn đề đi. (Don't try to shirk responsibility; solve the problem yourself.)

Advanced Usage

• "đun đẩy trách nhiệm": to shirk/evade responsibility.
  • Việc đun đẩy trách nhiệm là hành vi không thể chấp nhận được. (Shirking responsibility is unacceptable behavior.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đùn đẩy (verb): This is the more standard and commonly used variant with the same meaning.
  • Hai bên cứ đùn đẩy nhau mà không chịu giải quyết. (The two sides keep passing the buck to each other without resolving anything.)

Synonyms

• Trốn tránh trách nhiệm: to avoid responsibility.
• Đổ trách nhiệm: to shift/blame responsibility onto someone else.

Related Idioms

• "Qua cầu rút ván": to burn one's bridges; to abandon someone after achieving one's goal (related in the sense of irresponsible or selfish behavior).
  • Hắn ta giống như kẻ qua cầu rút ván, xong việc là đun đẩy hết. (He is like someone who burns bridges, pushing everything onto others once his work is done.)

1. Try to pass the buck to others