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越俎代庖

yuè zǔ dài páo

lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar…

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yuè zǔ dài páo

  1. 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
  2. to take matters into one's own hands

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