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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 青出于蓝而胜于蓝
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 | qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán | - lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) - fig. the student surpasses the master |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 77,312 | 83,282 | 65,774 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 于 | yú | - surname Yu |
| 于 | yú | - to go - to take - sentence-final interrogative particle - variant of 於|于[yu2] |
| 于 | yú | - (of time or place) in; at; on - (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for - (indicating a source) from; out of - (used in comparison) than - (used in the passive voice) by |
| 蓝 | lán | - surname Lan |
| 蓝 | lán | - blue - indigo plant |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 胜 | shèng | - victory - success - to beat - to defeat - to surpass - victorious - superior to - to get the better of - better than - surpassing - superb (of vista) - beautiful (scenery) - wonderful (view) - (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear - equal to (a task) |
| 于 | yú | - surname Yu |
| 于 | yú | - to go - to take - sentence-final interrogative particle - variant of 於|于[yu2] |
| 于 | yú | - (of time or place) in; at; on - (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for - (indicating a source) from; out of - (used in comparison) than - (used in the passive voice) by |
| 蓝 | lán | - surname Lan |
| 蓝 | lán | - blue - indigo plant |
Other Words Containing 青出于蓝而胜于蓝
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 | - | - | 77,312 | 83,282 | 65,774 |