越俎代庖
Dictionary entry
lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
What does 越俎代庖 mean?
越俎代庖 (yuè zǔ dài páo) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
2to take matters into one's own hands
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越Yuègeneric word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods · abbr. for Vietnam 越南俎zǔa stand for food at sacrifice代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute · generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon庖páokitchen
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