# 亂點鴛鴦譜
## Chinese

| | | in confusion; disorderly | point; dot; (decimal) pointpoint; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word) | |
| trad. (亂點鴛鴦譜) | trad. (亂點鴛鴦譜) | 亂 | 點 | 鴛鴦譜 |
| simp. (乱点鸳鸯谱) | simp. (乱点鸳鸯谱) | 乱 | 点 | 鸳鸯谱 |

### Etymology

* 1626: Feng Menglong, Common sayings for the ages, Chapter eight, Prefecture Chief Qiao arbitrarily fills out the marriage contracts (醒世恆言/第08卷 喬太守亂點鴛鴦譜)
* A chapter from a novel written in vernacular Mandarin in the Ming Dynasty. The novel is a collection of humorous folktales.
* Chapter eight synopsis:
    In the Song Dynasty, the Liu family had one daughter and one son. The son (Liu Pu) was betrothed to Sun Zhuyi, while the daughter (Liu Huiniang) was betrothed to the Pei Zheng. When Liu Pu got sick, Sun Zhuyi's widowed mother worried that she would have to pay the dowry, only to have her son-in-law die of an illness soon after the marriage. A plan was hatched to send her own son (Sun Yulang), disguised as her daughter, to the Liu's. If Liu Pu's health did not improve within three days, Sun Yulang was to return home, and no dowry would be paid. Since Liu Pu was too ill to spend the wedding night with his new "bride," it was agreed that Liu Pu's sister (Liu Huiniang) would take his place. Sun Yuliang, still disguised as his sister, was smitten with Liu Huiniang, and took advantage of her that night in the bridal chamber. When Pei Zheng's father discovered what had happened, he became outraged, and filed a complaint with Prefecture Chief Qiao. After hearing from all parties, Prefecture Chief Qiao decided to solve the problem by decreeing that Sun Yulang give up his betrothal to Xu Wenge, so that she could marry Pei Zheng. Sun Yuliang would then marry Liu Huiniang, and Sun Zhuyi would marry Liu Pu.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): luàn diǎn yuānyāngpǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄆㄨˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luàn diǎn yuānyāngpǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄆㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luàn diǎn yuanyangpǔ
*** Wade–Giles: luan$^4$ tien$^3$ yüan$^1$-yang$^1$-pʻu$^3$
*** Yale: lwàn dyǎn ywān-yāng-pǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luann dean iuaniangpuu
*** Palladius: луань дянь юаньянпу (luanʹ djanʹ juanʹjanpu)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯än⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: luàndiǎnyuānyāngpǔr
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ ㄆㄨˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: luàndiǎnyuanyangpǔr
*** Wade–Giles: luan$^4$-tien$^3$-yüan$^1$-yang$^1$-pʻu$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: lwàn-dyǎn-ywān-yāng-pǔr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luanndeaniuaniangpuul
*** Palladius: луаньдяньюаньянпур (luanʹdjanʹjuanʹjanpur)
*** Sinological IPA : /lu̯än⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵⁵ pʰuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

### Idiom

亂點鴛鴦譜
* an arbitrary pairing of two people or two things; an odd pairing
    From: 2006, 乐天 (Le Tian), 乱点鸳鸯谱 诺基亚6610塞进罗技G5里 (An odd pair ... Nokia 6610 inserted into Logitech G5)
    Guówài de yìngtǐ fāshāoyǒu dútè de chuàngyì hé gāochāo de dòngshǒu nénglì, yīxiàng wéi guónèi wánjiā suǒ chēngdào. Bùguò yǒu xiē gǎizào kànqǐlái quèshí yǒu xiē bùlúnbùlèi, bǐfāng shuō xiàmiàn zhège bèi zuòzhě měiqímíngyuē “LogiNoki” de huáshǔ MOD zuòpǐn, jiù gěi rén yīzhǒng luàn diǎn yuānyāngpǔ de gǎnjué, zuòzhě ràng Nuòjīyà 6610 shǒujī hé Luójì G5 huáshǔ còu chéng le yīduì, jiāng 6610 de yíngmù hé kòngzhì jīngpiàn chāi xià sāi jìn G5 de “dùzi” lǐ, zǔhé chéng yīge dài LCD yíngmù de huáshǔ. [Pinyin]
    The unique creativity and superb abilities of foreign hardware fanatics has always received high praise from domestic gamers. However, some innovations truly defy description. For example, one can't help but getting the sense that the mod design of the computer mouse below, euphemistically called "LogiNoki" by its creator, is an odd pairing. Its creator paired the Nokia 6610 cellphone with the Logitech G5 computer mouse by taking the screen and the control chip from the 6610, and inserting it into the "guts" of the G5. This combination produces a computer mouse with an LCD screen.

#### Synonyms

* 喬太守亂點鴛鴦譜／乔太守乱点鸳鸯谱