鱼肉

魚肉

yúròu

noun #17,367

Meanings

1 fish meat; flesh of fish
2 to prey on; to cruelly oppress

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

这道菜的鱼肉很嫩。

Zhè dào cài de yúròu hěn nèn.

The fish meat in this dish is very tender.

HSK 7-9

贪官鱼肉百姓。

Tān guān yúròu bǎixìng.

Corrupt officials prey on the common people.

Tips

usage

As a verb, 鱼肉 means to treat people like fish and meat on a cutting board - to exploit and oppress them. The idiom 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉 means 'they hold the knife, we are the fish' - at someone else's mercy.

Stroke Order

鱼 yú

肉 ròu