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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 洛阳纸贵
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 洛阳纸贵 | luò yáng zhǐ guì | - 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 89,284 | 97,487 | 101,408 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 洛 | luò | - surname Luo - old name of several rivers (in Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Anhui) |
| 洛 | luò | - used in transliteration |
| 阳 | yáng | - positive (electric.) - sun - male principle (Taoism) - Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] |
| 纸 | zhǐ | - variant of 紙|纸[zhi3] |
| 纸 | zhǐ | - paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]) - classifier for documents, letters etc |
| 贵 | guì | - abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4zhou1] |
| 贵 | guì | - expensive - (bound form) highly valued; precious - (bound form) noble; of high rank - (prefix) (honorific) your |
Other Words Containing 洛阳纸贵
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 洛阳纸贵 | - | - | 89,284 | 97,487 | 101,408 |