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庖 [páo]
1. Kitchen.
2. Cook.
1. Kitchen: 庖厨.
2. Cook: 庖人 (chef). 庖丁. 名庖. 庖代 (to handle or take charge of matters on behalf of someone; also known as "代庖").
【本义】: Kitchen.
【造字法】: Phonetic-meaning compound. From 广 (yǎn), indicating a building; 包 as the phonetic component.
1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] kitchen).
2. Cook ([En.] cook).
1. To cook ([En.] cook).
引:
1. "Shuowen Jiezi": 庖, chef.
2. "Shi·Xiao Ya·Che Gong": The coachman is not alarmed, the great kitchen is not full.
3. "Mengzi·Liang Hui Wang Shang": The kitchen has fat meat.
4. Ming, Gui Youguang "Xiang Ji Xuan Zhi": The guest crossed over to the kitchen to have a feast.
例:
"庖鼎" (utensils in the kitchen); "庖厨" (kitchen); "庖屋" (kitchen); "庖宰" (to be butchered in the kitchen); "庖突" (smokestack of the kitchen); "庖廪" (kitchen and granary).
2. Cook ([En.] cook).
引:
1. "Zhuangzi·Yang Sheng Zhu": A great cook sharpens his knife once a year.
例:
"庖丁为文惠君解牛" (the cook Ding cuts the ox for Lord Wenhui).
引:
1. "Liji·Wang Zhi": Three for the kitchen of the lord.
例:
"庖人" (an official name in Zhouli; belongs to the heavenly office, in charge of meals; generally refers to cooks); "庖正" (chief in charge of meals); "庖丁解牛" (a metaphor for extraordinary craftsmanship); "庖宰" (the cook; kitchen worker); "庖阎" (the kitchen worker and gatekeeper).
动:
1. To cook ([En.] cook).
引:
1. Yang Wanli "Xixi Xiansheng He Tao Shi Xu": Dongpo with the skill of cooking dragons and phoenixes.
例:
"庖馔" (to cook); "庖脍" (referring to sliced meat and delicious dishes); "庖霜" (finely sliced fish and meat; named for its white color like frost); "庖膳" (dishes); "庖炙" (roast meat); "庖正" (official in charge of food); "庖羞" (a metaphor for ruling ministers).
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