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人為刀俎,我為魚肉

lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy

Characters and words in 人為刀俎,我為魚肉

rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort
wéi = w + ei2
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
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wèi = w + ei4
dāo = d + ao1
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
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sacrificial knife and altar
= zu + Ø3
a stand for food at sacrifice
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= w + o3
= yu + Ø2
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= yu + Ø2
fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]
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flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
ròu = r + ou4
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130
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人為刀俎,我為魚肉 is not used as a component in another word.

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