"俎上肉" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "如今 人 方 為{wéi} 刀俎，我 為{wéi} 魚肉，何 辭 為{wéi}。",
        "2": "Now they are like the butcher's knife and chopping block, and we are like the fish and meat, what's the use of saying goodbye?",
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      "expansion": "如今人方為刀俎，我為魚肉，何辭為。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]如今人方为刀俎，我为鱼肉，何辞为。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE\nRújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi. [Pinyin]\nNow they are like the butcher's knife and chopping block, and we are like the fish and meat, what's the use of saying goodbye?",
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  "etymology_text": "From the Records of the Grand Historian:\n:\n如今人方為刀俎，我為魚肉，何辭為。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]如今人方为刀俎，我为鱼肉，何辞为。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE\nRújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi. [Pinyin]\nNow they are like the butcher's knife and chopping block, and we are like the fish and meat, what's the use of saying goodbye?",
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      "glosses": [
        "helpless victim at somebody's mercy"
      ],
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          "helpless",
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          "at somebody's mercy",
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        "(figuratively) helpless victim at somebody's mercy"
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          "roman": "rén wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu",
          "word": "人為刀俎，我為魚肉／人为刀俎，我为鱼肉"
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      "zh-pron": "zǔshàngròu"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄡˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "tsu³-shang⁴-jou⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "tzuushanqrow"
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      "zh-pron": "цзушанжоу"
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      "zh-pron": "czušanžou"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/",
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      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/"
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        "2": "Now they are like the butcher's knife and chopping block, and we are like the fish and meat, what's the use of saying goodbye?",
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      "expansion": "如今人方為刀俎，我為魚肉，何辭為。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]如今人方为刀俎，我为鱼肉，何辞为。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE\nRújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi. [Pinyin]\nNow they are like the butcher's knife and chopping block, and we are like the fish and meat, what's the use of saying goodbye?",
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      "roman": "rén wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄡˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "tsu³-shang⁴-jou⁴"
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      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/"
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  "word": "俎上肉"
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