俎
chopping board or block; painted; a stand for food at sacrifice
- Strokes
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- Pinyin
- zǔ
Parts
Words with 俎
- 刀俎dāo zǔ · daozusacrificial knife and altar
- 折冲樽俎zhé chōng zūn zǔ · zhechongzunzulit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
- 越俎代庖yuè zǔ dài páo · yuezudaipaolit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs; to take matters into one's own hands
- 人为刀俎,我为鱼肉rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu · renweidaozu,woweiyurou(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom); (fig.) to be at sb's mercy