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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「代越庖俎」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
A metaphor for going beyond one’s duties and doing things on behalf of others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dài yuè páo zǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
doi6 yut6 paau4 jo2
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