一顧傾城
yī​gù​qīng​chéng

stunningly beautiful

  • created reference approved 一顾倾城/一顧傾城 → 倾国倾城/傾國傾城 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一顾倾城 / 一顧傾城 yī​gù​qīng​chéng

    倾国倾城 / 傾國傾城 qīng​guó​qīng​chéng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一顾倾城/一顧傾城 · yī​gù​qīng​chéng · stunningly beautiful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一顾倾城 / 一顧傾城

    yī​gù​qīng​chéng

    stunningly beautiful

    Used to describe a woman of extraordinary beauty, such that a single glance from her could cause a city to fall; literally "one look overthrows a city".

    yí​gù​qīng​chéng

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 顾 (literal) → 顾/顧 · gù · to look back 倾城 (literal) → 倾城/傾城 · qīng​chéng · gorgeous

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense