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Meaning of 倾城倾国

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qīng chéng qīng guó (Trad.: 傾城傾國)
lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom); fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
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But her beauty, said Greek historian Plutarch, was not "the sort that would astound those who saw her;
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On the other hand, she wasn' t lacking in brains; contemporary sources note Cleopatra as being charismatic and clever, as opposed to possessing physical beauty.