嫁祸于人 jià huò yú rén to shift the blame to others

Explanation

指把自己的罪责、错误或灾祸推卸给别人。

To shift the blame, fault, or misfortune to others.

Origin Story

话说三国时期，关羽在麦城兵败被杀，孙权为了避免与蜀汉爆发全面战争，便想了一个计策。他派人将关羽的首级送给了曹操，企图挑拨曹魏与蜀汉的关系，让双方自相残杀，渔翁得利。然而，曹操并非等闲之辈，他早已识破了孙权的诡计。曹操不仅没有被孙权的举动激怒，反而对关羽厚葬，甚至追封他为王，化解了这场危机，彻底挫败了孙权嫁祸于人的阴谋。孙权的计划不但没有达到目的，反而适得其反，让曹操更加敬佩关羽的忠义，更加坚定了与蜀汉对抗的决心。

shuō huà sān guó shí qī, guān yǔ zài màichéng bīng bài bèi shā, sūn quán wèi le bìmiǎn yǔ shǔ hàn bào fā quánmiàn zhàn zhēng, biàn xiǎng le yīgè jìcè. tā pài rén jiāng guān yǔ de shǒují sòng gěi le cáo cáo, qǐtú tiǎobō cáo wèi yǔ shǔ hàn de guānxi, ràng shuāng fāng zì xiāng cánshā, yú wēng dé lì. rán'ér, cáo cáo bìng fēi děng xián zhī bèi, tā zǎo yǐ shí pò le sūn quán de guǐjì. cáo cáo bùjǐn méiyǒu bèi sūn quán de jǔdòng jīnù, fǎn'ér duì guān yǔ hòuzàng, shènzhì zhuī fēng tā wéi wáng, huà jiě le zhè chǎng wēijī, chèdǐ cuò bài le sūn quán jià huò yú rén de yīnmóu. sūn quán de jìhuà bùdàn méiyǒu dào dào mùdì, fǎn'ér shì dé fǎn, ràng cáo cáo gèng jiā jìngpèi guān yǔ de zhōngyì, gèng jiā jiāndiàn le yǔ shǔ hàn duìkàng de juéxīn.

During the Three Kingdoms period, after Guan Yu's defeat and death at Maicheng, Sun Quan devised a scheme to avoid an all-out war with Shu Han. He sent Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao, hoping to incite conflict between Cao Wei and Shu Han, allowing him to profit from their mutual destruction. However, Cao Cao was not easily fooled; he saw through Sun Quan's ploy. Instead of being enraged, Cao Cao honored Guan Yu with a grand burial and even posthumously conferred a title upon him, thus resolving the crisis and completely foiling Sun Quan's attempt to shift the blame. Sun Quan's plan backfired, instead earning Cao Cao's admiration for Guan Yu's loyalty and further strengthening his resolve to oppose Shu Han.

Usage

通常作谓语、宾语、定语；用来形容那些为了推脱责任而把错误推给别人的人。

tōngcháng zuò wèiyǔ, bǐnyǔ, dìngyǔ; yòng lái xíngróng nàxiē wèi le tuōtuō zérèn ér bǎ cuòwù tuī gěi biérén de rén.

Usually used as predicate, object, or attributive; used to describe those who shift blame to others to evade responsibility.

Examples

• 他为了逃避责任，竟然嫁祸于人！

  ta wei le taobi zeren, jingran jiahuoyu ren!

  He actually shifted the blame to others to escape responsibility!

• 这个阴谋家企图嫁祸于人，但最终失败了。

  zhege yinmoujia qitu jiahuoyu ren, dan zui zhong shibai le

  The conspirator attempted to shift the blame but ultimately failed.

Related Idioms

• 推卸责任

• 诿过

• 陷害

Opposite Idioms

• 助人为乐

• 与人为善