qīng​chéng

gorgeous

倾城 傾城 qīng​chéng
gorgeous
extremely beautiful, to the extent of enrapturing or captivating an entire city; can also be used as a noun referring to a beautiful woman
the whole city
the entire town or all the people in the city, often used to describe everyone coming out for an event or celebration
to ruin the state
(literary) to subvert or cause the downfall of a state; (of a woman) to cause the ruin of a kingdom through her beauty

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