倾城

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

CEDICT

  1. (literary) the entire city; all over the place
  2. (literary) to make a city or state 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 city; all over the place
  8. to make a city or state collapse

Wiktionary

  1. 倾覆邦国。
  2. 形容极为美丽动人。参见「倾国倾城」条。晋．陶渊明〈闲情赋〉：「表倾城之豔色，期有德于传闻。」唐．皇甫枚《飞烟传》：「一睹倾城貌，尘心只自猜。」亦用以借指美人。《文选．阮籍．咏怀诗十七首之二》：「倾城迷下蔡，容好结中肠。」清．况周颐〈曲玉管．两桨春柔〉词：「夕阳衰草，满目江山，不见倾城。」
  3. 满城、全城。形容人数众多。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 倾 qīng
  1. to overturn
  2. to collapse
  3. to lean
  4. to tend
  5. to incline
  6. to pour out
2 城 chéng
  1. city walls
  2. city
  3. town

classifiers: 座, 道, 個

Containing this entry

倾国倾城 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
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

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