咎有应得

Traditional form:

咎有應得

Pinyin (reading):

jiùyǒuyīngdé

Definitions:

• (idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

Characters:

• 咎 - fault, defect; error, mistake
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 应 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready

Traditional characters:

• 咎 - fault, defect; error, mistake
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 應 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready