Chinese Word: 俎 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

俎

Pinyin: zǔ

English Definition: a stand for food at sacrifice

Chinese Definition:
①古代祭祀时放祭品的器物：俎豆(a。“俎”和“豆”，都是古代祭祀用的器具；b。祭祀，崇奉)。
②切肉或切菜时垫在下面的砧板：刀俎(刀和砧板)。
③姓氏。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 人

Pictographic:A slab of meat on a chopping board 且

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 仌 [ bīng ] frozen; ice-cold
- 且 [ qiě ] moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)

Similar Characters: 爼

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越俎代庖	yuè zǔ dài páo	lit. 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
折冲樽俎	zhé chōng zūn zǔ	lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
刀俎	dāo zǔ	sacrificial knife and altar
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉	rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu	lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom); fig. to be at sb's mercy

1		qīng gōng 清宫 jiàng 酱 shàn 膳 huì jù 汇聚 le 了 zhōng guó 中国 gǔ dài 古代 jiàng 酱 shàn 膳 de 的 yōu xiù 优秀 chéng guǒ 成果， shì 是 zhōng guó 中国 shí 食 zǔ 俎 xué 学 yán jiū 研究 de 的 yí xiàng 一项 zhòng yào 重要 nèi róng 内容。 Qing dynasty palace soy meal is a complexity of excellent achievements, which is an important part of Chinese cuisine worthy of further research.
2		Bwisir tūn shì 吞噬 ròu 肉 zǔ 俎 hé 和 yì xiē 一些 yīng zuǐ dòu 鹰嘴豆 cǎi zhāi 采摘 hòu 后， ná qǐ 拿起 tā 他 de 的 kǎ lā shí ní kē fū 卡拉什尼科夫 chōng fēng qiāng 冲锋枪 hé 和 lǐng dǎo 领导 dào 到 xué xiào 学校 de 的 yuàn zi 院子 lǐ 里。 After gobbling down a few morsels of meat and picking at some chickpeas, Bwisir picked up his Kalashnikov and headed out into the courtyard of the school.
3		zài 在 nǐ men 你们 de 的 àn 案 zǔ 俎 shàng 上 lì 立 qǐ 起 yī zuò 一座 jì tán 祭坛， ràng 让 sēn lín 森林 hé 和 píng yuán 平原 de 的 chún zhēn 纯真 wèi 为 rén lèi 人类 de 的 gèng jiā 更加 chún zhēn 纯真， zài 在 zhè 这 jì tán 祭坛 shàng 上 fèng xiàn 奉献 xī shēng 牺牲。 And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in many.