樽俎

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Chinese

		goblet; bottle; wine-jar	a stand for food at sacrifice
trad. (樽俎)		樽	俎
simp. ^#(樽俎)		樽	俎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zūnzǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣㄗㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zūnzǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zunzǔ
  - Wade–Giles: tsun¹-tsu³
  - Yale: dzwūn-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuentzuu
  - Palladius: цзуньцзу (czunʹczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

樽俎

banquet table
cups and stands
- 庖人雖不治庖，尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  庖人虽不治庖，尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Páorén suī bù zhìpáo, shīzhù bù yuè zūnzǔ ér dài zhī yǐ.
  Though the cook were not attending to his kitchen, the representative of the dead and the officer of prayer would not leave their cups and stands to take his place.

Derived terms

折衝樽俎 / 折冲樽俎 (zhéchōngzūnzǔ)
越俎代庖 (yuèzǔdàipáo)

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