Build a house and make a bed
The Chinese idiom, Ji à w à di é Chu á ng in pinyin, means to build a house on the roof and make a bed on the bed, which means to repeat and cumbersome. It comes from the sequel of Jiao's Bicheng, the error of popular books.
The origin of Idioms
Jiao Hong of Ming Dynasty wrote the sequel of Jiao's Bicheng, the mistake of common books: "building houses and overlapping beds is everywhere."
Idiom usage
It refers to repetition. Examples after Zhou, Cheng, Zhang and Zhu dynasties, the local food and soup were piled up, so it was better to write articles, which can be found in many enterprises. Qing Dynasty, Qin Duhui's Pingshu, literature and art
Build a house and make a bed
learn about its taboos on going to a friend 's house - rù mén wèn huì
moan and groan without being ill - wú bìng shēn yīn
a scoundrel hates persons of integrity - dào zēng zhǔ rén
A dog cannot spit Ivory out of its mouth - gǒu kǒu lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
be in a fix the horns of a dilemma - jìn tuì wéi gǔ
remove mountains and drain seas - yí shān zào hǎi