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越俎代庖

yuè zǔ dài páo

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Definitions

1. 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
2. to take matters into one's own hands

Child Words of 越俎代庖

kitchen

a stand for food at sacrifice

generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods

to substitute