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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

Sample Sentences

你说对了！历史上，国际有许多港口城市也曾因其地理位置优越而发展起来，但随着经济、社会、科技的发展推移，今时今日，人才汇聚及产业群聚才是推动城市持续发展的关键因素。

Nǐ shuō duì le ！Lìshǐ shàng ，guójì yǒu xǔduō gǎngkǒuchéngshì yě céng yīn qí dìlǐwèizhi yōuyuè ér fāzhǎn qilai ，dàn suízhe jīngjì 、shèhuì 、kējì de fāzhǎn tuīyí ，jīnshí jīnrì ，réncái huìjù jí chǎnyè qúnjù cái shì tuīdòng chéngshì chíxù fāzhǎn de guānjiàn yīnsù 。

Yes, you are absolutely correct! Historically coastal cities have flourished as a result of their geographic position. With the passing of time, economic expansion, social and technology advances, today, greater collaboration and coordination of financial, material and human resources (clustering effect) are the critical factors for further growth of cities.

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一切软文的感染力其实都是有套路的，含蓄型的会用桀骜不逊或放浪不羁的态度来获取精神优越和自信，从而引领你的消费方向

yīqiè ruǎnwén de gǎnrǎnlì qíshí dōu shì yǒu tàolù de ，hánxù xíng de huì yòng jiéàobùxùn huò fànglàngbùjī de tàidu lái huòqǔ jīngshén yōuyuè hé zìxìn ，cóngér yǐnlǐng nǐ de xiāofèi fāngxiàng

The influential power of all soft-sell promotions is a set up, and the subtle ones will use rakish or unrestrained drives to gain a superior and self-confident spirit, and thus “influence your consumption direction”.

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你这也太武断了吧？物质条件优越确实相对地能促进精神文明，却不是要人们去用知识的积累来相互比较，这种比较带来的歧视也不显得比较文明吧。

nǐ zhè yě tài wǔduàn le ba ？wùzhì tiáojiàn yōuyuè quèshí xiāngduì de néng cùjìn jīngshénwénmíng ，quèbù shì yào rénmen qù yòng zhīshi de jīlěi lái xiānghù bǐjiào ，zhèzhǒng bǐjiào dàilái de qíshì yě bù xiǎnde bǐjiào wénmíng ba 。

You're really very subjective on this, no? The better off you are in terms of material wealth does in fact allow you to progress spiritually and become more civilized, but it's not that he wants people to compare themselves against others through the accumulation of knowledge. This prejudice that these kinds of comparisons bring don't make you any more civilized, do they?

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那你看啊，物质条件优越的人们，机会是不是比普通人多得去了，按照你的相对理论，他们当然相对比普通人更有见识更优秀啊！

nà nǐ kàn ā ，wùzhì tiáojiàn yōuyuè de rénmen ，jīhuì shìbushì bǐ pǔtōngrén duō de qù le ，ànzhào nǐ de xiāngduì lǐlùn ，tāmen dāngrán xiāng duìbǐ pǔtōngrén gèng yǒu jiànshi gèng yōuxiù ā ！

Can't you see that people who are materially better off have far more opportunities than ordinary people. Even according to your relativist outlook, of course they have more knowledge and experience than ordinary people!

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那还不是一样，物质条件优越的家庭，父母素质一定也相对较高啊，你再看，在不健全的畸形家庭中长大的失足青年犯罪率是不是很高？

nà hái bùshì yīyàng ，wùzhì tiáojiàn yōuyuè de jiātíng ，fùmǔ sùzhì yīdìng yě xiāngduì jiàogāo ā ，nǐ zài kàn ，zài bù jiànquán de jīxíng jiātíng zhōng zhǎngdà de shīzú qīngnián fànzuì lǜ shìbushì hěn gāo ？

Isn't that just the same - families which are materially better off, in which the parents are of a higher class. And then look at those who grow up in less robust, abnormal families. Aren't these mixed up young people more prone to crime?

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你真是太过分了，你们所谓的有着出色背景的精英分子不过也是优越感爆棚的骄傲鬼！而且，物质条件高低和家庭健全不健全怎么能混为一谈呢？谁说物质条件高等于家庭比较健全？

nǐ zhēn shì tài guòfèn le ，nǐmen suǒwèi de yǒu zhe chūsè bèijǐng de jīngyīng fènzǐ bùguò yě shì yōuyuègǎn bàopéng de jiāoàoguǐ ！érqiě ，wùzhì tiáojiàn gāodī hé jiātíng jiànquán bù jiànquán zěnme néng hùnwéiyītán ne ？shéi shuō wùzhì tiáojiàn gāo děngyú jiātíng bǐjiào jiànquán ？

You're really too much. What you refer to as elites with remarkable backgrounds are really just arrogant brats with a superiority complex! Moreover, how can you talk about material wealth and the stability of a family as if they're the same thing? Who says that if you're rich in material things that you'll have a more stable family life?

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我们有优越性。

wǒmen yǒu yōuyuèxìng 。

We have superiority.

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