价值连城

jià zhí lián chéng

priceless; worth a fortune

Character by character

价jià
price

值zhí
worth

连lián
joined

城chéng
cities

博物馆里这只小小的瓷碗价值连城，一直放在玻璃柜里展出。

This little porcelain bowl in the museum is priceless, and it is always displayed behind glass.

Tone: positive (praise).

From the story of the 和氏璧 jade disc, for which the King of Qin offered fifteen cities. Said of treasures and works of art, not of people: 价值连城的宝物.

Learn this in Lesson 94 · HSK 6–7: 瓷器：china 的由来 (Porcelain: why it is called china)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.