蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 海军 海軍 hǎi jūn navy syn 中尉 zhōng wèi lieutenant (navy) / first lieutenant (army) / subaltern 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 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 水兵 shuǐ bīng enlisted sailor in navy syn 蓝领 藍領 lán lǐng blue-collar / blue-collar worker 蔚蓝 蔚藍 wèi lán azure / sky-blue syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force 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 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 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) 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 水师 水師 shuǐ shī navy (in Qing times) syn 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 石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue 宝蓝 寶藍 bǎo lán sapphire blue syn 船舰 船艦 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 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 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 青天霹雳 青天霹靂 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue 陆海空三军 陸海空三軍 lù hǎi kōng sān jūn army, navy, air force 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 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 北洋水师 北洋水師 běi yáng shuǐ shī north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan) 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) 海空军 海空軍 hǎi kōng jūn navy and air force 海军大校 海軍大校 hǎi jūn dà xiào commodore (= US Navy equivalent) 海军上校 海軍上校 hǎi jūn shàng xiào captain (= UK and US Navy equivalent) 海军少校 海軍少校 hǎi jūn shǎo xiào lieutenant commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent) 海军中校 海軍中校 hǎi jūn zhōng xiào commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent) 中国人民解放军海军 中國人民解放軍海軍 zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn hǎi jūn Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) 丁汝昌 dīng rǔ chāng Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy 伴侣号 伴侶號 bàn lǚ hào HMS Consort, Royal Navy destroyer involved in 1949 Amethyst incident on Changjiang 加拿大皇家 jiā ná dà huáng jiā HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) / prefix for Canadian Navy Vessels 加拿大皇家海军 加拿大皇家海軍 jiā ná dà huáng jiā hǎi jūn Royal Canadian Navy 横须贺 橫須賀 héng xū hè Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay) 水陆师 水陸師 shuǐ lù shī army and navy (in Qing times) 沈葆祯 沈葆禎 shěn bǎo zhēn Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866 海豹部队 海豹部隊 hǎi bào bù duì United States Navy SEALs 海陆军 海陸軍 hǎi lù jūn navy and army / military force 琅威理 láng wēi lǐ Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 during the 1880s 皇家海军 皇家海軍 huáng jiā hǎi jūn Royal Navy (UK) 紫石英号 紫石英號 zǐ shí yīng hào HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang 船政大臣 chuán zhèng dà chén Minister of Navy during Qing times 陆海空軍 陸海空軍 lù hǎi kōng jūn army, navy and air force 荷兰皇家海军海道测量局 荷蘭皇家海軍海道測量局 Royal Netherlands Navy Hydrographic Service 海军部 海軍部 Department of the Navy 海洋导航卫星系统 海洋導航衛星系統 Navy Navigation Satellite System 陆海空军 陸海空軍 lù hǎi kōng jūn army, navy and air force 辽宁号 遼寧號 liáo níng hào Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012) 宙斯盾战斗系统 宙斯盾戰鬥系統 zhòu sī dùn zhàn dòu xì tǒng Aegis Combat System (weapons system developed for the US Navy) 网络水军 網絡水軍 wǎng luò shuǐ jūn "Internet Navy" / paid Internet posters / astroturfers 彩虹行动 彩虹行動 cǎi hóng xíng dòng the two mass scuttling operations carried out by the German navy: the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 and Operation Regenbogen, the scuttling of U-boats in 1945 沈葆桢 沈葆楨 shěn bǎo zhēn Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866 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 