儿女做坏事，父母终有错兒女做壞事，父母終有錯兒女做壞事，父母終有錯

when children do wrong, the parents are still at fault

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Parents bear some moral responsibility for what their children do.

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Simplified: 儿女做坏事，父母终有错
Traditional (Taiwan): 兒女做壞事，父母終有錯
Pinyin: érnǚ zuò huàishì, fùmǔ zhōng yǒu cuò
Bopomofo: ㄦˊ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕˋ，ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥㄧㄡˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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