Dictionary › 青出于蓝而胜于蓝
青出于蓝而胜于蓝
qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán
What 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 means
- lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)
- fig. the student surpasses the master
The characters in 青出于蓝而胜于蓝
- 青qīnggreen; blue; black
- 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
- 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
- 蓝lánblue; indigo plant
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
- 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
- 蓝lánblue; indigo plant
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
Start learning — $49 lifetime