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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 越俎代庖
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 越俎代庖 | yuè zǔ dài páo | - 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 34,210 | 64,131 | 74,354 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 越 | yuè | - generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods - abbr. for Vietnam 越南 |
| 越 | yuè | - to exceed - to climb over - to surpass - the more... the more |
| 俎 | zǔ | - a stand for food at sacrifice |
| 代 | dài | - to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute - generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 庖 | páo | - kitchen |
Other Words Containing 越俎代庖
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 越俎代庖 | - | - | 34,210 | 64,131 | 74,354 |