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Definition(s) for: 倾国倾城

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
倾国倾城 qīng guó qīng chéng - lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 46,754 25,147

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qīng- to overturn
- to collapse
- to lean
- to tend
- to incline
- to pour out
guó- surname Guo
guó- country; nation; state
- (bound form) national
qīng- to overturn
- to collapse
- to lean
- to tend
- to incline
- to pour out
chéng- city walls
- city
- town
- CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 倾国倾城

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo