倾城 (傾城)
qīng chéng
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 classifier: 座 zuò
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
京城
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
倾城
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
全城
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city

Idioms (13)

倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops

Sample Sentences

算了吧，你也不照照镜子。就你这个样子，还是少在这儿异想天开了。不过话说回来，你看这照片，这个女孩儿长得也不怎么样啊。哪有刘嘉玲那样倾国倾城？
suàn le ba ，nǐ yě bù zhàozhao jìngzi 。jiù nǐ zhège yàngzi ，háishì shǎo zài zhèr yìxiǎngtiānkāi le 。bùguò huà shuōhuílai ，nǐ kàn zhè zhàopiàn ，zhège nǚháir zhǎng de yě bù zěnmeyàng a 。nǎyǒu Liú Jiālíng nàyàng qīngguóqīngchéng ？
But to get back to the point, look at this picture. This girl isn't so hot, either. She doesn't measure up to a phenomenal beauty like Liu Jialing.
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