紙貴洛陽
zhǐ​guì​luò​yáng

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  • created reference approved 纸贵洛阳/紙貴洛陽 → 洛阳纸贵/洛陽紙貴 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    纸贵洛阳 / 紙貴洛陽 zhǐ​guì​luò​yáng

    洛阳纸贵 / 洛陽紙貴 luò​yáng​zhǐ​guì

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 纸贵洛阳/紙貴洛陽 · zhǐ​guì​luò​yáng · to be popular — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    纸贵洛阳 / 紙貴洛陽

    zhǐ​guì​luò​yáng

    to be popular

    (idiom) used to describe a piece of writing or a book that is highly praised and becomes a best-seller; literally "paper is expensive in Luoyang," referring to an ancient story where people rushed to buy paper to copy a famous poem

    纸 (literal) → 纸/紙 · zhǐ · paper 贵 (literal) → 贵/貴 · guì · expensive 洛阳 (literal) → 洛阳/洛陽 · luò​yáng · Luoyang

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

    created sense