What Does "那就是刀俎下鱼肉" (nà jiù shì dāo zǔ xià yú ròu) Mean?

nà那jiù就shì是dāo刀zǔ俎xià下yú鱼ròu肉

you'll be a sitting duck.

HSK Vocabulary

那H1 就H2 是H1 刀H4 下H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E17

Clip Timestamp

16:12

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	将军如今留在西北	jiāng jūn rú jīn liú zài xī běi	If you stay in the Northwest,
2▶	那就是刀俎下鱼肉	nà jiù shì dāo zǔ xià yú ròu	you'll be a sitting duck.
3	先行回京方为上策	xiān xíng huí jīng fāng wèi shàng cè	Returning to the Capital now is the best course of action.

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可喜可贺呀

kě xǐ kě hè yaTruly a cause for celebration.

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jǐ rì zuì jiāhow many days would be the best?

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chén fù yìI second that.

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且不说武安侯军功卓著

qiě bù shuō wǔ ān hóu jūn gōng zhuó zhùleaving aside the Marquis of Wu'an's outstanding military merits,

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就算是再年轻

jiù suàn shì zài nián qīngno matter how young he is,

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他也是陛下的武安侯

tā yě shì bì xià de wǔ ān hóuhe is His Majesty's Marquis of Wu'an,

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不是你魏相的外甥

bú shì nǐ wèi xiāng de wài shēngnot just your nephew.

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难不成这陛下的厚爱

nán bù chéng zhè bì xià de hòu àiCould it be that His Majesty's great favor

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bú yào a niángDon't, Mom!

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你千万要小心些

nǐ qiān wàn yào xiǎo xīn xiēYou must be very careful.

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你上阵别逞强

nǐ shàng zhèn bié chěng qiángDon't try to be a hero on the battlefield.

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岁数大了怕死不丢人

suì shù dà le pà sǐ bù diū rénYou're old. It's no shame to be afraid of death.

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西固巷战神不好惹

xī gù xiàng zhàn shén bù hǎo rěThe God of War in Xigu Lane is not to be trifled with.

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她现在也不知道去哪儿了

tā xiàn zài yě bù zhī dào qù nǎ ér leI don't know where she is now.

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长宁我就更不敢说了

zhǎng níng wǒ jiù gèng bù gǎn shuō leI certainly didn't dare tell Changning.

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回来给你换个金镯子

huí lái gěi nǐ huàn gè jīn zhuó ziI'll come back and trade it for a gold bracelet for you.

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我就要你平安回来

wǒ jiù yào nǐ píng ān huí láiI just want you to come back safely.

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你可千万不能再没了

nǐ kě qiān wàn bù néng zài méi leI can't lose you too!

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你一定要平安回来知道吗

nǐ yí dìng yào píng ān huí lái zhī dào maYou must come back safely! Do you hear me?

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我走了谁照顾她呀

wǒ zǒu le shuí zhào gù tā yaWho will take care of her after I leave?