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HSK
blue (color)
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓝* | 蓝* | *蓝
blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
blue sky
HSK 6
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碧* | 碧* | *碧
green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
pale blue
blue whale
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
bright blue
gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock
greenish-blue / emerald green
HSK 7-9
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
navy blue
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
a clear blue sky
indigo blue
blue chip stock
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
blue topaz / topaz (aluminum fluorosilicate)
methylene blue
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)
sapphire blue
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
light blue
(bird species of China) blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
cyan / blue-green
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苍* | 苍* | *苍
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
(bird species of China) blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye)
blue giant star
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
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) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
blue cheese
fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance
blue eyes
(bird species of China) blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
blue or green jujube / Chinese green date
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue
(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
dark blue
(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黻* | 黻* | *黻
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
sky blue
blue-tongue (viral disease of livestock)
Agent Blue
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
blue and white (porcelain)
lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers
the blue dome of heaven
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
blue and white porcelain
light blue
azure; sky-blue
the Blue Planet; planet Earth
Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty)
to talk until one is blue in the face
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
navy blue
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
(bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
dark blue
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) / blue-ear swine fever
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
(computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death"
blue shift (astronomy)
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
veins / blue veins
blue rose
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
(bird species of China) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
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-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
(bird species of China) red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *缥* | 缥* | *缥
(literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
alkali blue
(bird species of China) blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum)
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) blue-fronted robin (Cinclidium frontale)
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
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

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