Chinese (Mandarin) slang
甩锅
shuǎi guō
To pass the buck — shift the blame onto someone else.
- Literally:
- 甩 to fling + 锅 wok / pot
How it's used
In slang the 锅 (“wok”) is the blame: you can 背锅 (carry the wok, take the blame) or 甩锅 (fling it onto someone else). It's used constantly about workplaces, politics and group projects. Informal and accusatory — saying someone 甩锅 means you think they're dodging responsibility.
Examples
出了问题，他第一个甩锅给实习生。
Chū le wèntí, tā dì yī ge shuǎi guō gěi shíxíshēng.
When something went wrong, he was the first to dump the blame on the intern.
别甩锅了，这事儿就是你负责的。
Bié shuǎi guō le, zhè shìr jiù shì nǐ fùzé de.
Stop passing the buck — you were the one in charge of this.