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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	君子远庖厨	君子遠庖廚	jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú	jun1 zi3 yuan4 pao2 chu2	lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius); fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
2	庖	庖	páo	pao2	kitchen
3	庖厨	庖廚	páo chú	pao2 chu2	kitchen; cook; chef
4	庖牺氏	庖犧氏	páo xī shì	Pao2 xi1 shi4	another name for 伏羲
5	尸祝代庖	屍祝代庖	shī zhù dài páo	shi1 zhu4 dai4 pao2	to perform a duty on behalf of another without authorization (idiom)
6	越俎代庖	越俎代庖	yuè zǔ dài páo	yue4 zu3 dai4 pao2	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