Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「青過於藍」, as shown below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「青過於藍」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Indigo is extracted from bluegrass, but its color is darker than bluegrass. A metaphor for students surpassing their teachers, or later generations surpassing their predecessors. Same as “the disciple surpasses the master”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qīng guò yú lán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ching1/cheng1 gwo3 yu1 laam4
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