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blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
blue (color)
HSK 2
blue sky
HSK 6
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
blueprint
HSK 7-9
Agent Blue
cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn
(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
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surname Lan
(bird species of China) snowy-browed flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra)
Chinese broccoli / Chinese kale / cabbage mustard / Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra / also pr. [jie4 lan2]
(bird species of China) grandala (Grandala coelicolor)
blueberry
an official report (e.g. governmental)
kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea)
azure; sky-blue
Lantian county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi
(bird species of China) common green magpie (Cissa chinensis)
dark blue
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
blues (music)
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
azure
indigo (dye)
Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
indigo dye / Polygonum tinctorium
blue whale
sky blue
sapphire blue
cloisonne / cloisonné
(bird species of China) masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
cabbage
pinkish blue
kale
azure
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)
cabbage
dark blue
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Blu-ray (disc format)
(bird species of China) blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)
blue chip stock
(bird species of China) slaty bunting (Emberiza siemsseni)
methylene blue
blue topaz / topaz (aluminum fluorosilicate)
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海)
(bird species of China) pale blue flycatcher (Cyornis unicolor)
light blue
the Smurfs
Blu-ray disk, Sony high definition DVD disk
indigo blue
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
(bird species of China) verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
(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)
(bird species of China) black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
(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)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum)
close male friend / confidant
navy blue
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
light blue
(bird species of China) azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
(bird species of China) blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
(bird species of China) blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) / blue-ear swine fever
(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
(bird species of China) king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis)
Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
alkali blue
bright blue
(bird species of China) pygmy blue flycatcher (Muscicapella hodgsoni)
(bird species of China) hill blue flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
(bird species of China) Chinese vivid niltava (Niltava oatesi)
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
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
dark blue
(bird species of China) white-winged magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi)
(bird species of China) Zappey's flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
(bird species of China) white-tailed flycatcher (Leucoptilon concretum)
(bird species of China) white-tailed robin (Myiomela leucura)
(bird species of China) ultramarine flycatcher (Ficedula superciliaris)
(bird species of China) white-winged magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi)
(bird species of China) red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
red cabbage / purple cabbage

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