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越俎代庖
 
越
俎
代
庖
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yuè zǔ dài páo
  • 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

越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo

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越俎代庖
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1 俎，古代祭祀时，用来盛祭品的礼器。越俎代庖指掌管祭祀的人放下祭器代替厨师下厨。语本《庄子．逍遥游》：「庖人虽不治庖，尸祝不越樽俎而代之矣。」后用以比喻踰越自己的职分而代人做事。宋．陈亮〈与吕伯恭正字书〉四则之三：「大著何不警其越俎代庖之罪，而乃疑其心恻井渫不食乎？」
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