洛陽紙貴

lok3 joeng4 zi2 gwai3

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  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

Written Forms

洛陽紙貴Traditional · Main Form
洛阳纸贵Alternate Form

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