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俎

zǔ

Character

What 俎 means

1. a stand for food at sacrifice

Words containing 俎

• 刀俎dāo zǔsacrificial knife and altar
• 折冲樽俎zhé chōng zūn zǔlit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table; fig. to get the better of an enemy during…
• 越俎代庖yuè zǔ dài páolit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom)…
• 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom); (fig.) to be at sb's mercy

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop

Sounds the same

Read zǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 组to form; to organize; group
• 阻to hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖ancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 诅curse; swear (oath)
• 珇carving on jade