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人為刀俎,我為魚肉 人为刀俎,我为鱼肉 [[ren2 wei2 dao1zu3, wo3 wei2 yu2rou4]] /(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)/(fig.) to be at sb's mercy/ 68 2
魚肉 鱼肉 [yu2 rou4] /flesh of fish/fish and meat/(fig.) victims of oppression/(fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)/ 1929 1
魚肉百姓 鱼肉百姓 [yu2 rou4 bai3 xing4] /to prey on the people/ 5729 1
自相魚肉 自相鱼肉 [zi4 xiang1 yu2 rou4] /butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another/internecine strife/ 6351 1

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