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  *蓝* | 蓝* | *蓝
blue / indigo plant
HSK 2
blue (color)
HSK 2
blue-collar / blue-collar worker
HSK 6
blue sky
HSK 6
blueprint
HSK 7-9
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  *蓝* | 蓝* | *蓝
surname Lan
Lumbini, Nepal, birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼 founder of Buddhism (also written 嵐毘尼|岚毗尼, 臘伐尼|腊伐尼, 林微尼)
Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
Bluetooth
Lantian county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海)
blue whale
Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
azure
blueberry
azure; sky-blue
cabbage / Chinese broccoli / gai larn
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
dark blue
blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
indigo (dye)
sapphire blue
sky blue
cloisonne / cloisonné
cabbage
jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
cyanobacterium (blue-green alga)
blues (music)
blue chip stock
indigo
the hardships of beginning an undertaking (idiom)
Chinese broccoli / Chinese kale / cabbage mustard / Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra / also pr. [jie4 lan2]
(usu. of the sky) azure; bright blue
kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea)
indigo dye / Polygonum tinctorium
pinkish blue
Blu-ray (disc format)
the Smurfs
blue topaz / topaz (aluminum fluorosilicate)
sapphire
(Tw) John Lennon (1940-1980), English singer, guitarist, and songwriter
blue shift (astronomy)
Blu-ray disk, Sony high definition DVD disk
(bird species of China) grandala (Grandala coelicolor)
dark blue
blue rose
oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
red cabbage / purple cabbage
bright blue
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
variant of 襤褸|褴褛
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii)
(bird species of China) blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides)
Lantian county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi
navy blue
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
(computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death"
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
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
(bird species of China) Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea)
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) slaty bunting (Emberiza siemsseni)
(bird species of China) red-billed blue magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha)
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)
Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州, Hunan
blue-tongue (viral disease of livestock)
(bird species of China) white-tailed robin (Myiomela leucura)
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
indigo blue
light blue
Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye)
Blu-tack (brand)
(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
(bird species of China) Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane)
(bird species of China) blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera)
(bird species of China) black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
(bird species of China) Chinese vivid niltava (Niltava oatesi)
(bird species of China) azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
cabbage
(bird species of China) bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
close male friend / confidant
(bird species of China) verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
alkali blue
azure
kale
(bird species of China) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
(bird species of China) blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
blue giant star
(bird species of China) white-browed shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
blue cheese
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
(bird species of China) blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum)
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)

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