交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 台词 臺詞 tái cí an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word syn 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 蓝天 藍天 lán tiān blue sky syn 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 碧眼 bì yǎn blue eyes 后路 後路 hòu lù escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver syn 蓝领 藍領 lán lǐng blue-collar / blue-collar worker 蔚蓝 蔚藍 wèi lán azure / sky-blue syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 两栖 兩棲 liǎng qī amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines syn 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 深蓝 深藍 shēn lán dark blue syn 冲锋陷阵 衝鋒陷陣 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn to charge and break through enemy lines syn 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 青色 qīng sè cyan / blue-green syn 翠绿 翠綠 cuì lǜ greenish-blue / emerald green syn 晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂 qíng tiān pī lì lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue syn 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 青筋 qīng jīn veins / blue veins syn 字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations syn 笑纹 笑紋 xiào wén laugh lines (on the face) 蓝鲸 藍鯨 lán jīng blue whale 碧蓝 碧藍 bì lán dark blue syn 苍穹 蒼穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven syn 架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead syn 平行线 平行線 píng xíng xiàn parallel lines 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world syn 格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse 天蓝 天藍 tiān lán sky blue syn 青花 qīng huā blue and white (porcelain) 夹角 夾角 jiā jiǎo angle (between two intersecting lines) 青花瓷 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain 蓝藻 藍藻 lán zǎo cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) 对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn 一目十行 yī mù shí háng ten lines at a glance (idiom) / to read very rapidly syn 对联 對聯 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2] syn 碧空 bì kōng the blue sky syn 律诗 律詩 lǜ shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming syn 压阵 壓陣 yā zhèn to bring up the rear / to provide support / to hold the lines 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 蓝筹股 藍籌股 lán chóu gǔ blue chip stock 串行 chuàn háng to miss a line / to confuse two lines 淡蓝色 淡藍色 dàn lán sè light blue 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover 苍龙 蒼龍 cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) syn 接驳 接駁 jiē bó to access / to transfer passengers between two railway lines 绩优股 績優股 jì yōu gǔ gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 蓝龙 藍龍 lán lóng blue 蓝月亮 藍月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue 宝蓝 寶藍 bǎo lán sapphire blue syn 旁系 páng xì collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines) 藏青色 zàng qīng sè navy blue 蓝色基因 藍色基因 lán sè jī yīn Blue 句 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse syn 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 蓝 藍 lán blue / indigo plant syn 青 qīng green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) syn 碧 bì green jade / bluish green / blue / jade syn 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 青瓦台 青瓦臺 qīng wǎ tái the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park 海军蓝 海軍藍 hǎi jūn lán navy blue syn 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 回归线 回歸線 huí guī xiàn tropic / one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 因袭 因襲 yīn xí to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines syn 青天霹雳 青天霹靂 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 黻 fú (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread 道白 dào bái spoken lines in opera syn 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 青出於藍而勝於藍 qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master 经纬线 經緯線 jīng wěi xiàn lines of latitude and longitude / warp and woof 渤澥桑田 bó xiè sāng tián lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian) / time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow 金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty syn 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì (idiom) in broad daylight / in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background syn 七言律诗 七言律詩 qī yán lǜ shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) 法令纹 法令紋 fǎ lìng wén nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines 鼻唇沟 鼻唇溝 bí chún gōu nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines 回回青 huí huí qīng Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty) 帝国蓝十字和蓝盾首选提供者组织 Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Provider Organization 蓝拟深海鳕 lán nǐ shēn hǎi xuě blue antimore / blue hake 友军误会射击 友軍誤會射擊 friendly fire / blue-on-blue engagement 反对人口贩运蓝心运动 反對人口販運藍心運動 Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking / Blue Heart Campaign 蓝喉仙鹟 藍喉仙鶲 lán hóu xiān wēng (bird species of China) blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides) 瑑 zhuàn engraved lines 串线 串線 chuàn xiàn to get the lines crossed 五言绝句 五言絕句 wǔ yán jué jù poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line 交叉阴影线 交叉陰影線 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern 