"青は藍より出でて藍より青し" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Japanese]

Forms: 青は藍より出でて藍より青し [canonical] (ruby: (あお), (あい), (), (あい), (あお)), ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi [romanization], awo fa awi yori idete awi yori awosi [romanization], あをはあゐよりいでてあゐよりあをし [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From the 荀子 (Junji, “Xunzi”), a calque of Literary Chinese 青出於藍,而青於藍 (qīng chū yú lán, ér qīng yú lán, “blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself”). Etymology templates: {{cal|ja|lzh|青出於藍,而青於藍||blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself|nocap=1}} calque of Literary Chinese 青出於藍,而青於藍 (qīng chū yú lán, ér qīng yú lán, “blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|あお は あい より いでて あい より あおし|head=青は藍より出でて藍より青し|hhira=あを は あゐ より いでて あゐ より あをし}} 青(あお)は藍(あい)より出(い)でて藍(あい)より青(あお)し • (ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi) ^(←あをはあゐよりいでてあゐよりあをし (awo fa awi yori idete awi yori awosi)?)
  1. the student has surpassed his or her teacher Related terms: 氷は水より出でて水よりも寒し (kōri wa mizu yori idete mizu yori mo samushi) (ruby: (こおり), (みず), (), (みず), (さむ)), 出藍 (shutsuran) (ruby: (しゅつ), (らん))

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