"人為刀俎,我為魚肉" meaning in All languages combined

See 人為刀俎,我為魚肉 on Wiktionary

Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 人为刀俎,我为鱼肉 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: 來自《史記.卷七·項羽本紀》。
  1. 比喻自己受制於人,處於任人擺弄的境況。 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-人為刀俎,我為魚肉-zh-phrase-FM99-nz~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「俎」的漢語詞",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「刀」的漢語詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「我」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「為」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「肉」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「魚」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
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        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Dàxíng bùgù xìjǐn, dàlǐ bùcí xiǎo ràng. Rújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "大行不顧細謹,大禮不辭小讓。如今人方為刀俎,我為魚肉,何辭為?"
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          16,
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        [
          29,
          30
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Dàxíng bùgù xìjǐn, dàlǐ bùcí xiǎo ràng. Rújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "大行不顾细谨,大礼不辞小让。如今人方为刀俎,我为鱼肉,何辞为?"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自《史記.卷七·項羽本紀》。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "人为刀俎,我为鱼肉",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "比喻自己受制於人,處於任人擺弄的境況。"
      ],
      "id": "zh-人為刀俎,我為魚肉-zh-phrase-FM99-nz~",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi dāozǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yúròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠ ㄗㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ zo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wai⁴ jyu⁴ juk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi dāozǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yúròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠ ㄗㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi daozǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yúròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên² wei² tao¹-tsu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo³ wei² yü²-jou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi dāu-dzǔ-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yú-ròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ren wei dautzuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "woo wei yurow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹ vɛj daoczu, vo vɛj jujžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэнь вэй даоцзу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹ vɛj daoczu, vo vɛj jujžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "во вэй юйжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ zo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wai⁴ jyu⁴ juk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yàhn wàih dōu jó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngóh wàih yùh yuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ dzo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wai⁴ jy⁴ juk⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yen⁴ wei⁴ dou¹ zo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wei⁴ yu⁴ yug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "人為刀俎,我為魚肉"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「人」的漢語詞",
    "帶「俎」的漢語詞",
    "帶「刀」的漢語詞",
    "帶「我」的漢語詞",
    "帶「為」的漢語詞",
    "帶「肉」的漢語詞",
    "帶「魚」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
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          16,
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        ],
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        ],
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          30
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Dàxíng bùgù xìjǐn, dàlǐ bùcí xiǎo ràng. Rújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "大行不顧細謹,大禮不辭小讓。如今人方為刀俎,我為魚肉,何辭為?"
    },
    {
      "bold_roman_offsets": [
        [
          46,
          49
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        [
          55,
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        ]
      ],
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        [
          16,
          17
        ],
        [
          18,
          19
        ],
        [
          23,
          24
        ],
        [
          29,
          30
        ]
      ],
      "ref": "《史記》,司馬遷,約公元前91年",
      "roman": "Dàxíng bùgù xìjǐn, dàlǐ bùcí xiǎo ràng. Rújīn rén fāng wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu, hé cí wéi?",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "大行不顾细谨,大礼不辞小让。如今人方为刀俎,我为鱼肉,何辞为?"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "來自《史記.卷七·項羽本紀》。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "人为刀俎,我为鱼肉",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "比喻自己受制於人,處於任人擺弄的境況。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi dāozǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yúròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠ ㄗㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ zo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wai⁴ jyu⁴ juk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi dāozǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yúròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄠ ㄗㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi daozǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yúròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên² wei² tao¹-tsu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo³ wei² yü²-jou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén wéi dāu-dzǔ-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wǒ wéi yú-ròu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ren wei dautzuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "woo wei yurow"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹ vɛj daoczu, vo vɛj jujžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэнь вэй даоцзу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹ vɛj daoczu, vo vɛj jujžou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "во вэй юйжоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ zo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wai⁴ jyu⁴ juk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yàhn wàih dōu jó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngóh wàih yùh yuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jan⁴ wai⁴ dou¹ dzo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wai⁴ jy⁴ juk⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yen⁴ wei⁴ dou¹ zo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁵ wei⁴ yu⁴ yug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ ŋɔː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ jʊk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "idiomatic"
  ],
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}

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