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Simplified越俎代庖
Traditional越俎代庖
Pinyinyuè zǔ dài páo
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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
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越yuè
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南; to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
代表dàibiǎorepresentative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
代替dàitìto replace; to take the place of
古代gǔdàiancient times
近代jìndàithe not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)