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fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish

place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

to put the blame on / to accuse

to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions

to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.

to admit responsibility and resign

to take the blame / to accept responsibility (for a mistake)

see 咎由自取[jiu4 you2 zi4 qu3]

not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones

to take the blame

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

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