| 越俎代庖 |
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 |
Yuè |
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南 |
| 越 |
yuè |
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more |
| 俎 |
zǔ |
a stand for food at sacrifice |
| 代 |
dài |
to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 庖 |
páo |
kitchen |