be blamed for whatever one does
Chinese idioms, Pinyin is d ò ngzh é D é Ji ù. It means to be blamed or punished all the time. From Jin Xue Jie by Han Yu of Tang Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
[Tongyun CI] a thousand rocks competing for beauty, covering the front and back, walking like animals, orchestral playing, hating five and scolding six, devious and fallacious, lagging behind, supporting the old and supporting the young, splendid and fragmentary
Idioms and allusions
In the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu was a knowledgeable and appointed censor. He was demoted for opposing the eunuch's use of "palace market" to blackmail the common people. Later, he was transferred back to the capital as a member of the Ministry of official affairs in Tang Xianzong. He was demoted as a doctor of Guozijian because of the governor of Huazhou
Idiom usage
Because he is prone to blame, he has to say: "excuse me, master: it's not good to lead in front, it's not good to follow in back, and it's not good to parallel. What's the best way to do it?" Chapter 78 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu's Jin Xue Jie in the Tang Dynasty said, "it's easy to get the blame for going back and forth."
Chinese PinYin : dòng zhé dé jiù
be blamed for whatever one does
fail on the verge of success. gōng bài chuí chéng