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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藍* | 藍* | *藍
blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
blue (color)
HSK 2
blue sky
HSK 6
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *碧* | 碧* | *碧
green jade / bluish green / blue / jade
greenish-blue / emerald green
HSK 7-9
blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate)
(fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes / hidden hand / (Tw) mechanic / blue-collar worker / manual laborer
HSK 7-9
a clear blue sky
the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
dark blue
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
navy blue
cyan / blue-green
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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)
light blue
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue
the blue dome of heaven
to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again
azure; sky-blue
blue chip stock
blue eyes
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
sapphire blue
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock
(bird species of China) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黻* | 黻* | *黻
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
(bird species of China) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
blue and white (porcelain)
(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)
lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
blue and white porcelain
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
pale blue
bright blue
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
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
blue topaz / topaz (aluminum fluorosilicate)
(bird species of China) king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis)
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
navy blue
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
(bird species of China) Hainan blue flycatcher (Cyornis hainanus)
(bird species of China) blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
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
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
blue shift (astronomy)
(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
alkali blue
azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue
blue whale
blue rose
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滄* | 滄* | *滄
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
(bird species of China) blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
(bird species of China) Indian blue robin (Larvivora brunnea)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒼* | 蒼* | *蒼
dark blue / deep green / ash-gray
(bird species of China) blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance
veins / blue veins
dark blue
(bird species of China) blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum)
blue lace flower (Trachymene caerulea)
extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon
cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)
blue cheese
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
(bird species of China) blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis)
indigo blue
(bird species of China) Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)
(bird species of China) blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
pinkish blue
(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
(bird species of China) blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
dark blue

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