蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 玫瑰 méi guī rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]) / rose flower (CL:朵[duo3]) 罗斯 羅斯 luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1]) 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 玫瑰花 méi guī huā rose 蔷薇 薔薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) syn 芙蓉 fú róng cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus / foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet) syn 蓝领 藍領 lán lǐng blue-collar / blue-collar worker 蔚蓝 蔚藍 wèi lán azure / sky-blue 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 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 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 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 天蓝 天藍 tiān lán sky blue syn 青花 qīng huā blue and white (porcelain) 青花瓷 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain 蓝藻 藍藻 lán zǎo cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) 月季 yuè jì Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) syn 碧空 bì kōng the blue sky syn 蓝筹股 藍籌股 lán chóu gǔ blue chip stock 淡蓝色 淡藍色 dàn lán sè light blue 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 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 法家 fǎ jiā the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist syn 石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue 宝蓝 寶藍 bǎo lán sapphire blue syn 藏青色 zàng qīng sè navy blue 蓝色基因 藍色基因 lán sè jī yīn Blue 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 霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset syn 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 芙蓉花 fú róng huā cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) / lotus 青天霹雳 青天霹靂 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue 黻 fú (archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread 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 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn 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 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) 事物的本质重于外在 事物的本質重於外在 shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 木芙蓉 mù fú róng cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis) syn 桃金娘 táo jīn niáng rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) 毛洋槐 máo yáng huái rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia) 玫瑰不管叫啥名 méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng A rose by any other name (would smell as sweet) 玫瑰不管叫啥名，闻起来总是香的 玫瑰不管叫啥名，聞起來總是香的 méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 银红 銀紅 yín hóng pink / silvery red / pale rose color 魔宫传奇 魔宮傳奇 mó gōng chuán qí The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco 红领绿鹦鹉 紅領綠鸚鵡 hóng lǐng lǜ yīng wǔ (bird species of China) rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) 太阳花 太陽花 tài yáng huā sunflower (Helianthus annuus) / rose moss (Portulaca grandiflora) 剑虾 jiàn xiā rose shrimp 玫瑰果 méi guī guǒ rose hip 刺梨 cì lí chestnut rose fruit (hip of Rosa roxburghii), used in TCM 蓝色战剂 藍色戰劑 lán sè zhàn jì Agent Blue 美蓝 美藍 měi lán methylene blue 蓝屏死机 藍屏死機 lán píng sǐ jī (computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death" 蓝屋 藍屋 lán wū Blue 青枣 青棗 qīng zǎo blue or green jujube / Chinese green date 不分清红皂白 不分清紅皂白 bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái not distinguishing red-blue or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong 名门望族 名門望族 míng mén wàng zú offspring a famous family (idiom) / good breeding / blue blood 品月 pǐn yuè light blue syn 品蓝 品藍 pǐn lán pinkish blue syn 明光蓝 明光藍 míng guāng lán lavender blue 月蓝 月藍 yuè lán light blue 正蓝旗 正藍旗 zhèng lán qí Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia / also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗 正兰旗 正蘭旗 zhèng lán qí Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia 死机蓝屏 死機藍屏 sǐ jī lán píng blue screen of death / computer crash screen 乌蓝 烏藍 wū lán dark blue 发绀 發紺 fā gàn cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood) 碧水苍天 碧水蒼天 bì shuǐ cāng tiān jade waters below and blue heavens above (idiom) 磨破嘴皮 mó pò zuǐ pí to talk until one is blue in the face 磨破嘴皮子 mó pò zuǐ pí zi to wear out one's lips (idiom) / to talk until one is blue in the face / to repeat again and again 红橙黄绿蓝靛紫 紅橙黃綠藍靛紫 hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow) 菘蓝 菘藍 sōng lán Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye) 