洛阳纸贵 luò yáng zhǐ guì

fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 86737th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
洛 luò
surname Luo; used in transliteration
阳 yáng HSK 3
Yang, opposite: 阴yīn; sun; male principle (Taoism)
纸 zhǐ HSK 2
paper; classifier for documents, letter etc
贵 guì HSK 2
expensive; (honorific) your; precious