倾国倾城

傾國傾城
qīngguóqīngchéng
  1. lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. also written 倾城倾国 qīngchéngqīngguó

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, of a woman) to be devastatingly beautiful; to be drop-dead gorgeous
  2. to be devastatingly beautiful; to be drop-dead gorgeous

Wiktionary

使全城、全国的人都为之倾倒爱慕。语本《汉书．卷九十七．外戚传上．孝武李夫人传》：「北方有佳人，绝世而独立，一顾倾人城，再顾倾人国。」形容女子极为美丽动人。《三国演义．第五十二回》：「子龙见妇人身穿缟素，有倾国倾城之色。」《初刻拍桉惊奇．卷二十》：「看那小姐已觉得倾国倾城，便道：『有如此绝色佳人，何怕不中姑娘之意！』」也作「倾城倾国」。

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Entry Composition

1 倾国 qīngguó
  1. (literary) the entire country
  2. (literary) to make a nation collapse; (of a nation) to be destroyed; to collapse
  3. (literary, figurative) drop-dead gorgeous woman; beauty who could drive a man to distraction (and bring about the downfall of an empire)
  4. (literary, figurative, of a woman) drop-dead gorgeous; extremely beautiful (and having the potential of bringing about the downfall of an empire)
  5. drop-dead gorgeous woman; beauty who could drive a man to distraction (and bring about the downfall of an empire)
  6. drop-dead gorgeous; extremely beautiful (and having the potential of bringing about the downfall of an empire)
  7. the entire country
  8. to make a nation collapse; (of a nation) to be destroyed; to collapse
2 倾城 qīngchéng
  1. coming from everywhere
  2. from all over the place
  3. gorgeous (of woman)
  4. to ruin and overturn the state

Related entries

倾城倾国 qīngchéngqīngguó
  1. lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful