Definitions

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

Components

• 越 Yuè – generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
• 俎 zǔ – a stand for food at sacrifice
• 代 dài – to substitute
• 庖 páo – kitchen