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  *藍* | 藍* | *藍
blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
blue (color)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
blue sky
HSK 6
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
greenish-blue / emerald green
HSK 7-9
navy blue
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒼* | 蒼* | *蒼
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
azure; sky-blue
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碧* | 碧* | *碧
green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
dark blue
dark blue
the blue dome of heaven
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye)
blue and white porcelain
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
blue whale
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock
sky blue
sapphire blue
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滄* | 滄* | *滄
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia / also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗
light blue
(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
bright blue
pinkish blue
blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate)
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
veins / blue veins
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue
pale blue
blue and white (porcelain)
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
dark blue
the blue sky
azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
blue eyes
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縹* | 縹* | *縹
(literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黻* | 黻* | *黻
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
cyan / blue-green
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
blue topaz / topaz (aluminum fluorosilicate)
methylene blue
light blue
indigo blue
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
(bird species of China) Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)
blue rose
(bird species of China) red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
blue, gold and yellow (BGY), the three methods of manipulation: information control (via media and the Internet), money (bribery etc) and sexual temptation (honey trap etc)
(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum)
navy blue
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
light blue
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
(bird species of China) blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
(bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
(bird species of China) blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) / blue-ear swine fever
(bird species of China) king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis)
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
blue or green jujube / Chinese green date
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
alkali blue
(bird species of China) Chinese blue flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans)
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty)
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记, Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
(bird species of China) blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers
to talk until one is blue in the face
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
(bird species of China) pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)

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