Usage of the character 庖
páo
庖
[庖]
- kitchen
páochú
庖厨
[庖廚]
- kitchen
- cook
- chef
Páoxīshì
庖牺氏
[庖犧氏]
- another name for 伏羲 ( Fú Xī), consort of 女媧／女娲 ( Nüwā)
yuèzǔdàipáo
越俎代庖
[越俎代庖]
- 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
jūnzǐyuànpáochú
君子远庖厨
[君子遠庖廚]
- 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