a stand for food at sacrifice
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俎 is a 9 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zǔ in the third tone.
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 俎
zǔ
Definitions for 俎 pronounced as zǔ
- a stand for food at sacrifice
Vocabulary
The most common words for 俎 — see all
- sacrificial knife and altar
- 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
- lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
- fig. to be at sb's mercy