Multiple beds
The Chinese idiom ch ó ngchu á ngdi é w ū in Pinyin has many metaphors. It comes from Mao Dun's before and after Qingming.
The origin of Idioms
The fifth act of Mao Dun's before and after the Qingming Festival: "why is the law of double beds not strict and grand? However, has it solved the problem?"
Idiom usage
Commendatory, predicate
Multiple beds
good-naturedness leads to propitiousness - hé qì zhì xiáng
one 's mind concealed more knowledge than could have been contained in five cartloads of books - xué fù wǔ chē
discard the old ways of life in favour of the new - gé gù lì xīn
A snake wants to swallow an elephant - shé yù tūn xiàng