- 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 (洛): surname Luo; old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui)
- 阳 (陽): positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- 纸 (帋): variant of 紙|纸[zhi3]
- 贵 (貴): expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
Resources
- Wiktionary: 洛阳纸贵
- MDBG: 洛阳纸贵
- Examples with 洛阳纸贵 on Tatoeba
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