"青出於藍" meaning in All languages combined

See 青出於藍 on Wiktionary

Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ y³⁵ län³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jyː⁵⁵ laːm²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Taibei], /t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ lam²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Kaohsiung], /t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ nã²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, IPA, Taibei], /t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ nã²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 青出于蓝 [Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: 青出於藍,而青於藍/青出于蓝,而青于蓝的簡稱。
  1. 求學能使人進步 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-青出於藍-zh-phrase-aukY4x0d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「出」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「於」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「藍」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「青」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語簡稱",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語紅鏈/zh-l",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "朝鮮語",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "借詞"
      ],
      "roman": "cheongchureoram",
      "word": "청출어람(靑出於藍)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "日語",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "借詞"
      ],
      "roman": "ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "青は藍より出でて藍より青し"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "青出於藍,而青於藍/青出于蓝,而青于蓝的簡稱。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "青出于蓝",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "青色是從蓼藍裡提煉出來的",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "求學能使人進步"
      ],
      "id": "zh-青出於藍-zh-phrase-aukY4x0d",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qīngchūyúlán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cing¹ ceot¹ jyu¹ laam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-lâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-nâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qīngchūyúlán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cingchuyúlán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻing¹-chʻu¹-yü²-lan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīng-chū-yú-lán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chingchuyulan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cinčujujlanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цинчуюйлань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ y³⁵ län³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cing¹ ceot¹ jyu¹ laam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīng chēut yū làahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsing¹ tsoet⁷ jy¹ laam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qing¹ cêd¹ yu¹ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jyː⁵⁵ laːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-lâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshing-tshut-î-lâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhengzhut'ilaam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ lam²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-nâ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshing-tshut-î-nâ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhengzhut'inaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ nã²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ nã²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "青出於藍"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「出」的漢語詞",
    "帶「於」的漢語詞",
    "帶「藍」的漢語詞",
    "帶「青」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話成語",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語簡稱",
    "漢語紅鏈/zh-l",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "朝鮮語",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "借詞"
      ],
      "roman": "cheongchureoram",
      "word": "청출어람(靑出於藍)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "日語",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "借詞"
      ],
      "roman": "ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "青は藍より出でて藍より青し"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "青出於藍,而青於藍/青出于蓝,而青于蓝的簡稱。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "青出于蓝",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "青色是從蓼藍裡提煉出來的",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "求學能使人進步"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qīngchūyúlán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cing¹ ceot¹ jyu¹ laam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-lâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-nâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qīngchūyúlán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cingchuyúlán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻing¹-chʻu¹-yü²-lan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīng-chū-yú-lán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chingchuyulan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cinčujujlanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цинчуюйлань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ y³⁵ län³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cing¹ ceot¹ jyu¹ laam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chīng chēut yū làahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsing¹ tsoet⁷ jy¹ laam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qing¹ cêd¹ yu¹ lam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jyː⁵⁵ laːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-lâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshing-tshut-î-lâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhengzhut'ilaam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ lam²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ lam²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chheng-chhut-î-nâ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tshing-tshut-î-nâ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhengzhut'inaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²⁴⁻¹¹ nã²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Taibei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰi̯ɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ i²³⁻³³ nã²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "異讀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "青出於藍"
}

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