乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱
qiáo​tài​shǒu​luàn​diǎn​yuān​yāng​pǔ

Governor Qiao Meddles with the Marriage Matches

  • created sense approved 乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱/喬太守亂點鴛鴦譜 · qiáo​tài​shǒu​luàn​diǎn​yuān​yāng​pǔ · Governor Qiao Meddles with the Marriage Matches — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱 / 喬太守亂點鴛鴦譜

    qiáo​tài​shǒu​luàn​diǎn​yuān​yāng​pǔ

    Governor Qiao Meddles with the Marriage Matches

    A 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.

    乔 (literal) → 乔/喬 · qiáo · Qiao 太守 (literal) → 太守 · tài​shǒu · prefect 乱点鸳鸯 (literal) → 乱点鸳鸯/亂點鴛鴦 · luàn​diǎn​yuān​yang · to mismatch a couple 谱 (literal) → 谱/譜 · pǔ · register

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