越俎代庖
yuè​zǔ​dài​páo

to meddle

  • created reference approved 越俎代庖 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    越俎代庖 yuè​zǔ​dài​páo

    庄子 / 莊子 zhuāng​zǐ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 越俎代庖 · yuè​zǔ​dài​páo · to meddle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    越俎代庖

    yuè​zǔ​dài​páo

    to meddle

    (idiom) literally to leave the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen; used to describe exceeding one's own responsibilities to handle matters belonging to others or meddling in someone else's business

    越 (literal) → 越 · yuè · to exceed 俎 (literal) → 俎 · zǔ · offering stand 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

    created sense