# 推卸 (tuīxiè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 推卸 (tuīxiè) means “to shirk (responsibility); to shift blame”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to shirk (responsibility); to shift blame
- Pinyin: tuīxiè (tui1 xie4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 出了问题他从不推卸责任。
  Chūle wèntí tā cóngbù tuīxiè zérèn.
  He never shirks responsibility when things go wrong.

## Characters

- [推](https://hanziro.com/word/tui-push/) (tuī): to push; to decline
- [卸](https://hanziro.com/word/xie-unload/) (xiè): to unload; to remove

https://hanziro.com/word/tui-xie-shirk/

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