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越俎代庖

yuè zǔ dài páo

4-character word

What 越俎代庖 means

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

The characters in 越俎代庖

• 越yuèto exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 俎zǔa stand for food at sacrifice
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 庖páokitchen