青は藍より出でて藍より青し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
あい
Grade: S

Grade: 1
あい
Grade: S
あお
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
靑は藍より出でて藍より靑し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the 荀子 (Junji, Xunzi), a calque of Literary Chinese 青出於藍,而青於藍 (qīng chū yú lán, ér qīng yú lán, blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself).

Proverb

(あお)(あい)より()でて(あい)より(あお) • (ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi) あをはあゐよりいでてあゐよりあをし (awo fa awi yori idete awi yori awosi)?

  1. the student has surpassed his or her teacher

See also

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