Chinese–English
青出于蓝而胜于蓝
qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán · qing chu yu lan er sheng yu lan
Traditional 青出於藍而勝於藍
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)
- fig. the student surpasses the master
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