人为刀俎，我为鱼肉

rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu

Definitions

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

Child Words of 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉

• 人 rén: person; people
• 人为 rén wéi: artificial
• 刀 dāo: knife
• 我 wǒ: I; me; my
• 为 wéi: as (in the capacity of)
• 为 wèi: because of
• 肉 ròu: meat
• 鱼 yú: fish
• 俎 zǔ: a stand for food at sacrifice
• 刀俎 dāo zǔ: sacrificial knife and altar
• 鱼肉 yú ròu: flesh of fish