庖厨 (庖廚)
páo chú
Pinyin
Definition
庖厨 (庖廚)
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- kitchen
- cook
- chef
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
君子远庖厨
- 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
- 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
越俎代庖
- 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