难辞其咎

cannot escape censure (idiom) / has to bear the blame

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold

his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)

old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]

to resign / to dismiss / to decline / to take leave / ballad (archaic poetic genre) / variant of 詞|词[ci2]

fault / to blame / to punish / calamity / misfortune