洛陽紙貴
简 洛阳纸贵 · 繁 洛陽紙貴Meanings
- 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
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4–2–3–4 · Luo4 yang2 zhi3 gui4
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lok6 joeng4 zi2 gwai3
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- (of a literary work, e.g. a new book) to be all the rage for a time; to be immensely popular
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