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俎上肉
zǔ​shàng​ròu

helpless victim

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
俎上肉 zǔ​shàng​ròu
helpless victim
meat on the chopping board; describes a person or country that is powerless and at the mercy of others

Frequency

Written text
0.008 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 人为刀俎,我为鱼肉 rén​wéi​dāo​zǔ​wǒ​wéi​yú​ròu

Synonym

  • 釜中鱼 fǔ​zhōng​yú

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)