洛阳纸贵
Traditional form:
洛陽紙貴
Pinyin (reading):
Luòyángzhǐguì
Definitions:
- lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
- fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
Characters:
- 洛 - a river in the Shanxi province; a city
- 阳 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
- 纸 - paper
- 贵 - expensive, costly; valuable, precious
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