青出於藍

See also: 青出于蓝

Chinese

		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
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

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngchūyúlán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ceot¹ jyu¹ laam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chhut-î-lâm / chheng-chhut-î-nâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngchūyúlán
    • 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Idiom

青出於藍

1. (figurative) the student has surpassed his or her teacher

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青出於藍):

• → Korean: 청출어람(靑出於藍) (cheongchureoram)