lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom); fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
trad. 洛陽紙貴
Also written 洛陽紙貴【Luò yáng zhǐ guì】
Characters in this word
4洛
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surname Luo, old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
- Pinyin
- Luò
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4026 of 2500
阳
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positive (electric.), sun, male principle (Taoism), Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- Pinyin
- yáng
- Traditional
- 陽
- Strokes
- 6
纸
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variant of 紙|纸[zhi3]
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Traditional
- 帋
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4818 of 2500
贵
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short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- Pinyin
- Guì
- Traditional
- 貴
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4834 of 2500