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俎 [zǔ]
[名]
1. 古代祭祀或宴会时放牲体的礼器。
(A sacrificial utensil used during ancient rituals or banquets to place animal bodies.)
2. 切肉或切菜时垫在下的砧板。
(A chopping block used for cutting meat or vegetables, often made of wood or bronze, square in shape with legs at both ends.)
3. 姓。
(A surname.)
本义: 供祭祀或宴会时用的四脚方形青铜盘或木漆盘,常陈设牛羊肉。
(Original meaning: A square, four-legged bronze or lacquered wooden plate used in sacrifices or banquets, typically for displaying beef and mutton.)
造字法: 指事兼形声。小篆字形。《说文》"从半肉在且上。"且,祭祀所用的礼器。
(Character composition: Ideographic and phonetic. In small seal script: "Half meat is on top of 'qi,' which refers to a sacrificial utensil.")
引:
1. 《诗·小雅·楚茨》:为俎孔硕。
("In the Book of Songs, the small elegies, 'The holes of the sacrificial utensil are large.'")
2. 《左传·隐公五年》:鸟兽之肉,不登于俎。
("In the Zuo Tradition, 'The flesh of birds and beasts is not placed on the sacrificial utensil.'")
3. 《山海经·海外西经》:祭操俎。
("In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, 'Conduct sacrifices using the sacrificial utensil.'")
4. 《论语·卫灵公》:俎豆之事。
("In the Analects, 'The matter of sacrificial utensils and pots.'")
5. 《庄子·逍遥游》:庖人虽不治疱,尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣。
("In Zhuangzi, 'Even if the cook does not deal with sores, the corpse and the priest cannot replace the sacrificial utensils.'")
例:
1. 俎几 (A sacrificial utensil shaped like a table, used in ancient sacrifices and feasts.)
2. 俎拒 (The crosspiece of the legs of the sacrificial utensil.)
3. 俎味 (Food used in sacrifices.)
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