- 乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱 qiáotàishǒuluàndiǎnyuānyāngpǔ Governor Qiao Meddles with the Marriage MatchesA famous Ming Dynasty story and opera in which a judge resolves a complex legal case by rearranging several couples into happy marriages; metaphorically used to describe a person (usually an official) who makes well-intentioned but arbitrary or unconventional matchmaking decisions to resolve a mess.
- 乱点鸳鸯谱 luàndiǎnyuānyangpǔ to play matchmaker poorlyTo mistakenly match people as a romantic couple; by extension, to misallocate personnel or bundle unrelated things together.