动辄得咎

Traditional form:

動輒得咎

Pinyin (reading):

dòngzhédéjiù

Definitions:

• faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right

Characters:

• 动 - to move, to happen; movement, action
• 辄 - often, readily; scattered; the weapon-rack of a chariot
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 咎 - fault, defect; error, mistake

Traditional characters:

• 動 - to move, to happen; movement, action
• 輒 - often, readily; scattered; the weapon-rack of a chariot
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 咎 - fault, defect; error, mistake