藍色窗簾

Chinese

		the color blue	window curtain
trad. (藍色窗簾)		藍色	窗簾
simp. (蓝色窗帘)		蓝色	窗帘
Literally: “blue window curtain”.

Etymology

Said to originate from an exam question in which the candidates were asked to explain why the author mentioned that the window curtains are blue in colour. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “does the purported original exam question exist?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lánsè chuānglián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁴ sik¹ coeng¹ lim^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánsè chuānglián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lánsè chuanglián
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-sê⁴ chʻuang¹-lien²
    • Yale: lán-sè chwāng-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanseh chuanglian
    • Palladius: ланьсэ чуанлянь (lanʹsɛ čuanljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ sɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laam⁴ sik¹ coeng¹ lim^4-2
    • Yale: làahm sīk chēung lím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁴ sik⁷ tsoeng¹ lim^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lam⁴ xig¹ cêng¹ lim^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²¹ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ liːm²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

藍色窗簾

1. (originally Internet slang) to overinterpret the author's intention; to incorrectly read the author's mind

Synonyms

• 郢書燕說／郢书燕说 (yǐngshūyānshuō)