粵

肉juk6俎zo2砧zam1板baan2上soeng6

juk6 zo2 zam1 baan2 soeng6juk6 ceoi4 zam1 baan2 soeng6ròu zǔ zhēn bǎn shàng

English

  1. (literally: flesh on the chopping board); to be forced into an undesirable action; to have no choice or way out; to have no choice but to allow others to manipulate and humiliate oneself
  2. to be forced into an undesirable action; to have no or little choice but to; literally: a piece of meat being pinned on a chopping board

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好似砧板上面嘅肉噉,任人劏;引申指被迫做一啲蝕底嘅選擇

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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