Lingaku- lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom)
- fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
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- 你最不应该受到指责，但最后却是你被怪罪。
This idiom is used when someone is not primarily responsible for a problem, yet they end up facing the consequences or blame.
In this project, even though I didn't make a mistake, I was criticized by the manager in the end.
Generated collocations (experimental)
bié ren qiān lǘ nǐ bá jué zi别人牵驴你拔橛子to be blamed for someone else's faulttì替bié ren别人chéng dān承担zé rèn责任to take responsibility for othersyuān qū冤屈zài在nǐ你shēn shang身上to be wrongeddài rén shòu guò代人受过to suffer for someone elseyuān qū冤屈jiù shì就是nǐ你the injustice is on youwú gū无辜shòu dào受到zhǐ zé指责to be innocently blamedtì zuì yáng替罪羊scapegoatbēi guō背锅to take the blametú láo wú yì徒劳无益de地chéng dān承担to bear the burden in vainshòu受yuān冤de的hǎo rén好人the good person who is wronged