倾国倾城

傾國傾城
qīngguó-qīngchéng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 beautiful enough to topple a city or a state
  2. 2 stunningly beautiful

Examples

HSK 6
Chuánshuō Yáng Guìfēi yǒu qīngguó-qīngchéng zhī mào.
Legend has it that Yang Guifei had a beauty that could topple empires.
HSK 7-9
Tā zhǎngde qīngguó-qīngchéng, zǒudào nǎr dōu yǐnrén-zhùmù.
She is stunningly beautiful and turns heads wherever she goes.

Tips

history
From the 汉书: the musician 李延年 sang to 汉武帝 of a northern beauty whose first glance could topple a city and whose second could topple a state. She was his sister, who became the emperor's favourite, Lady Li. Also written 倾城倾国.

Stroke Order

倾 qīng
国 guó
城 chéng