青出於藍
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See also: 青出于蓝
Chinese
[edit]green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) | to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname |
blue; indigo plant; surname | ||
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trad. (青出於藍) | 青 | 出 | 於 | 藍 | |
simp. (青出于蓝) | 青 | 出 | 于 | 蓝 | |
Literally: “the color blue is made out of indigo”. |
Etymology
[edit]Short for 青出於藍,而青於藍/青出于蓝,而青于蓝 (qīng chū yú lán, ér qīng yú lán, “Blue is obtained from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1 ceot1 jyu1 laam4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chhut-î-lâm / chheng-chhut-î-nâ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cingchuyúlán
- Wade–Giles: chʻing1-chʻu1-yü2-lan2
- Yale: chīng-chū-yú-lán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingchuyulan
- Palladius: цинчуюйлань (cinčujujlanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ y³⁵ län³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cing1 ceot1 jyu1 laam4
- Yale: chīng chēut yū làahm
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1 tsoet7 jy1 laam4
- Guangdong Romanization: qing1 cêd1 yu1 lam4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jyː⁵⁵ laːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chhut-î-lâm
- Tâi-lô: tshing-tshut-î-lâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhut'ilaam
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ lam²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chhut-î-nâ
- Tâi-lô: tshing-tshut-î-nâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzhut'inaa
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ nã²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ nã²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Idiom
[edit]青出於藍
- (figurative) the student has surpassed his or her teacher
Descendants
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