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Chinese
Etymology
- “victims of oppression; to cruelly oppress”
- See 人為刀俎，我為魚肉／人为刀俎，我为鱼肉 (rén wéi dāozǔ, wǒ wéi yúròu).
Pronunciation
Note:
- hî-bah/hîr-mah/hî-mah/hû-bah/hîr-hia̍k/hîr-bah - vernacular (fish meat);
- gû-lio̍k/hîr-lio̍k/gî-jio̍k - literary (victims of oppression, to oppress).
Noun
魚肉
- fish (as meat); flesh of fish
- fish and meat
- (literary) victims of oppression
Derived terms
Verb
魚肉
- (literary) to cruelly oppress
- 任人魚肉／任人鱼肉 ― rènrén yúròu ― to be oppressed by others
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
魚肉 • (gyoniku)
- fish meat, fish
References