为父也难辞其咎
“I'm also at fault for this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为 父 也难 辞其咎
“I'm also at fault for this.”
“I made mistakes too, but we are still father and son, so let us move past this.”
Traditional patriarchal authority rarely allowed fathers to apologize explicitly; adopting an expression like '难辞其咎' allows the patriarch to show remorse while preserving dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as your father / I, your father
A classical, dignified first-person reference used by a father speaking to his child in historical or literary contexts.
cannot escape blame / must share the responsibility
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or literary speech to accept or assign moral accountability.