傾城傾國

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

CEDICT

synonym of 傾國傾城 /倾国倾城 (qīngguóqīngchéng)

Wiktionary

形容非常美麗動人。參見「傾國傾城」條。

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Entry Composition

1 傾城 qīngchéng
  1. coming from everywhere
  2. from all over the place
  3. gorgeous (of woman)
  4. to ruin and overturn the state
2 傾國 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

Related entries

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