洛阳纸贵

Traditional: 洛陽紙貴

Luò yáng zhǐ guì

Dictionary entry

lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)

What does 洛阳纸贵 mean?

洛阳纸贵 (Luò yáng zhǐ guì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)

2fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes

Character breakdown

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洛Luòsurname Luo · old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)阳yángpositive (electric.) · sun 纸zhǐvariant of 紙|纸[zhi3]贵Guìshort name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

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