肉隨砧板上

Chinese

		meat; flesh	to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	chopping board; cutting board or block	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (肉隨砧板上)		肉	隨	砧板	上
simp. (肉随砧板上)		肉	随	砧板	上
Literally: “like meat on a chopping block”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròu suí zhēnbǎn shàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄣ ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ ceoi⁴ zam¹ baan² soeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròu suí zhēnbǎn shàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄣ ㄅㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròu suéi jhenbǎn shàng
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴ sui² chên¹-pan³ shang⁴
    • Yale: ròu swéi jēn-bǎn shàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: row swei jenbaan shanq
    • Palladius: жоу суй чжэньбань шан (žou suj čžɛnʹbanʹ šan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ ceoi⁴ zam¹ baan² soeng⁶
    • Yale: yuhk chèuih jām báan seuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ tsoey⁴ dzam¹ baan² soeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ cêu⁴ zem¹ ban² sêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ t͡sɐm⁵⁵ paːn³⁵ sœːŋ²²/

Idiom

肉隨砧板上

1. to have one's fate decided by some other person