越俎代庖

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	a stand for food at sacrifice	to do others' job for them; to act in the place of others
simp. and trad. (越俎代庖)		越	俎	代庖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuèzǔdàipáo

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄆㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ zo² doi⁶ paau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yuèzǔdàipáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄆㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehtzuudaypaur
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuèzǔdàipáo
  - IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ taɪ̯⁵¹ pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ zo² doi⁶ paau⁴
  - Yale: yuht jó doih pàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ dzo² doi⁶ paau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ zo² doi⁶ pao⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² t͡sɔː³⁵ tɔːy̯²² pʰäːu̯²¹/

Idiom

越俎代庖

to overstep one's bounds and meddle in other's affairs

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