樽俎

Chinese

		goblet; bottle; wine-jar	a stand for food at sacrifice
trad. (樽俎)		樽	俎
simp. #(樽俎)		樽	俎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄗㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūnzǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zunzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-tsu³
    • Yale: dzwūn-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuentzuu
    • Palladius: цзуньцзу (czunʹczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

樽俎

1. banquet table
2. cups and stands

   • 庖人雖不治庖，尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     庖人虽不治庖，尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Páorén suī bù zhìpáo, shīzhù bù yuè zūnzǔ ér dài zhī yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Though the cook were not attending to his kitchen, the representative of the dead and the officer of prayer would not leave their cups and stands to take his place.

Derived terms

• 折衝樽俎／折冲樽俎 (zhéchōngzūnzǔ)
• 越俎代庖 (yuèzǔdàipáo)