卸膊 dodge responsibility

推卸責任的意思。

Literally*, the expression means ‘unload something from one's shoulder’. It means to avoid or shirk responsibility for one's actions.

• Fearing punishment, people are likely to dodge responsibility.

• "…… it also sounds too much like Sanders dodging responsibility for not doing more to expand his support" says Salon.

(同義詞 synonym) (成語 idiom) :

pass the buck

* Pronounced and translated verbatim :

卸[se3] means ‘to unload' and

膊[bok3] means ‘shoulder’.