越俎代庖

yuè zǔ dài páo

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Definições

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

Palavras componentes de 越俎代庖

代
dài

to substitute

越
yuè

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

俎
zǔ

a stand for food at sacrifice

庖
páo

kitchen