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越俎代庖

yuè zǔ dài páo

Definitions

  • •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
  • •to take matters into one's own hands

Child Words of 越俎代庖

庖
páo
俎
zǔ
越
yuè
代
dài