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youth / youthful years / young person / the young
HSK 2
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
youth / youthfulness
HSK 4
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  *青* | 青* | *青
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
HSK 5
puberty / adolescence
HSK 7-9
frog (CL:隻|只) / (old) (slang) ugly guy
HSK 7-9
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
Daqing Mountain in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
underripe / (fig.) young and inexperienced
China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net
celadon, classic Chinese style of ceramic glaze
Ratzinger (German surname of Pope Benedict XVI)
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  *青* | 青* | *青
abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
navy blue
Ai Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet
cyan / blue-green
Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
green soybean / green peas
pesto (sauce made with basil, garlic, olive oil, pine nuts and cheese)
beef with green peppers
Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty)
to tattoo / a tattoo
bluestone / limestone (colloquial)
rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career
Qinghai Province, capital Xining 西寧市|西宁市 (abbr. to )
Qinggang county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
holly
Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Qingdao, sub-provincial city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
bruise
the prime of one's life
youth hostel
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei / Qingshan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市, Inner Mongolia
green hills / (the good) life
black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦
Gaoqing county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡)
(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
pine tree
Chinese olive (Canarium album) / green unripe fruit / (Tw) fresh fruits
blue and white porcelain
evergreen
ashen
Capsicum annuum / green pepper
scallion / green onion / verdant / lush green
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
green vegetables / Chinese cabbage
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
Qingshen County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
young coconut; green coconut
asphalt / bitumen / pitch
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
(literary) brothel / pleasure quarters
clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
middle-aged
acne
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
grass
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
lit. green hills and clear waters (idiom) / fig. picturesque natural scenery
educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年)
the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom)
bluish black / bruise; bruising (CL:塊|块)
Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
painting
Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
greenish yellow / sallow (of complexion)
pachinko (loanword) (Tw)
Qingyang district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Nippon lily (Rohdea japonica)
young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried
lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master
lush green / dark green / turquoise
silage / green fodder
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
blue sandalwood (Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim), the bark of which is used to manufacture 宣紙|宣纸
oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp
Mount Qingcheng
Liu Qing (1916-1978), writer
adolescence
Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
young person / the young
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
fresh and green / verdant
veins / blue veins
bronze implement / refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
indigo (dye) / Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM)
bamboo bark / bamboo green (color)
Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei / Qingshan district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市, Inner Mongolia

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