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越俎代庖. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more |
a stand for food at sacrifice
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to do others' job for them; to act in the place of others
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simp. and trad.
(越俎代庖)
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越
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俎
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代庖
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| Literally: “(the priest) leave his cups and takes the place of the cook”.
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Etymology
From Zhuangzi:
Pronunciation
Idiom
越俎代庖
- to overstep one's bounds and meddle in other's affairs