俎上肉
zǔ​shàng​ròu

helpless victim

  • created reference approved 俎上肉 → 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉/人為刀俎，我為魚肉 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    俎上肉 zǔ​shàng​ròu

    人为刀俎，我为鱼肉 / 人為刀俎，我為魚肉 rén​wéi​dāo​zǔ​wǒ​wéi​yú​ròu

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 俎上肉 · zǔ​shàng​ròu · helpless victim — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    俎 (literal) → 俎 · zǔ · chopping block 上 (bound) → 上 · shang · on 肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense