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Korean idiom Become a runaway bestseller

낙양의 지가(紙價)를 올리다

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  • 낙양의 지가를 올리다

English rendering Become a runaway bestseller Literal translation: “Raise the price of paper in Luoyang”

Meaning 1

중국 진(晉)나라의 좌사(左思)가 ≪삼도부(三都賦)≫를 지었을 때 낙양 사람이 다투어 이것을 베낀 까닭에 종잇값이 올랐다는 데서 나온 말로, 어떤 책이 매우 잘 팔림을 비유적으로 이르는 말.

Figuratively, for a book to sell extremely well; derived from the story that paper prices rose when people in Luoyang competed to copy Zuo Si’s Rhapsody on the Three Capitals during China’s Jin dynasty

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“낙양의 지가를 올리다” — Become a runaway bestseller: Figuratively, for a book to sell extremely well; derived from the story that paper prices rose when people in Luoyang competed to copy Zuo Si’s Rhapsody on the Three Capitals during China’s Jin dynasty
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