傾國

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

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 傾 qīng
  1. to overturn
  2. to collapse
  3. to lean
  4. to tend
  5. to incline
  6. to pour out
=2 國 Guó surname Guo
=2 國 guó
  1. country; nation; state
  2. (bound form) national

Containing this entry

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 傾城傾國 qīngchéngqīngguó
傾城傾國 qīngchéngqīngguó
  1. lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful