- 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
Characters
- 越 (越): generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 俎 (俎): a stand for food at sacrifice
- 代 (代): to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- 庖 (庖): kitchen
Resources
- Wiktionary: 越俎代庖
- MDBG: 越俎代庖
- Examples with 越俎代庖 on Tatoeba
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