青出于蓝而胜于蓝 qīngchūyúlán'érshèngyúlán the student surpasses the master Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 青出於藍而勝於藍 qīngchūyúlán'érshèngyúlán the student surpasses the master Literally meaning that indigo blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself; used to describe a student who excels beyond their teacher or a successor who outdoes their predecessor. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.176 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
青出于蓝而胜于蓝 青出於藍而勝於藍 qīngchūyúlán'érshèngyúlán the student surpasses the master Literally meaning that indigo blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself; used to describe a student who excels beyond their teacher or a successor who outdoes their predecessor. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.030 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.176 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
