尸祝代庖
shī​zhù​dài​páo

to overstep one's authority

  • created reference approved 尸祝代庖/屍祝代庖 → 越俎代庖 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尸祝代庖 / 屍祝代庖 shī​zhù​dài​páo

    越俎代庖 yuè​zǔ​dài​páo

    see

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  • created sense approved 尸祝代庖/屍祝代庖 · shī​zhù​dài​páo · to overstep one's authority — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尸祝代庖 / 屍祝代庖

    shī​zhù​dài​páo

    to overstep one's authority

    To perform a duty or take over a role on behalf of another person without authorization; to overstep one's position.

    尸 (bound) → 尸/屍 · shī · corpse 祝 (literal) → 祝 · zhù · ritual officer 代庖 (literal) → 代庖 · dài​páo · to work on behalf of another

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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