洛阳纸贵 luò yáng zhǐ guì

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes

CHARACTERS

洛 luò river in Shanxi province; city
阳 yáng
HSK 3
'male' principle; light; sun
纸 zhǐ
HSK 2
paper
贵 guì
HSK 2
expensive, costly, valuable