蓝 (藍) lán

1. lán noun blue
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color , Concept: Color 颜色
   Notes: For example, 蓝天 'blue sky.' (XHW 2016-02-04; Guoyu '藍' n 1; Unihan '藍')
2. lán noun indigo plant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Botany , Concept: Plant 植物
   Notes: (Guoyu '藍' n 2; Unihan '藍')
3. lán proper noun Lan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '藍' n 3; Unihan '藍')
4. lán noun ragged [clothing]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: See 蓝缕 (Guoyu '藍' adj 2)

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• 蓝脸鲣鸟(藍臉鰹鳥) masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
• 芜菁甘蓝(蕪菁甘藍) rutabaga (vegetable)
• 蓝绿藻(藍綠藻) Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
• 亮蓝(亮藍) bright blue
• 蓝枕花蜜鸟(藍枕花蜜鳥) purple-naped sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum)
• 蓝八色鸫(藍八色鶇) blue pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus)
• 蓝枕八色鸫(藍枕八色鶇) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
• 蓝翅叶鹎(藍翅葉鵯) blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
• 蓝胸秧鸡(藍胸秧雞) slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus)
• 蓝淀(藍澱) indigo dye
• 野甘蓝(野甘藍) European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
• 乌蓝(烏藍) dark blue
• 甘蓝(甘藍) cabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn
• 结球甘蓝(結球甘藍) cabbage
• 蓝移(藍移) blue shift
• 蓝皮书(藍皮書) an official report (e.g. governmental)
• 天蓝(天藍) sky blue
• 蓝翡翠(藍翡翠) black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
• 天蓝色(天藍色) azure
• 蓝调(藍調) blues
• 湛蓝(湛藍) azure
• 蓝短翅鸫(藍短翅鶇) white-browed shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
• 蓝绿菌(藍綠菌) Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
• 蓝筹股(藍籌股) blue chip stock
• 筚路蓝缕(篳路藍縷) the hardships of beginning an undertaking
• 芥蓝(芥藍) Chinese broccoli; Chinese kale; cabbage mustard; Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
• 苤蓝(苤藍) Brassica oleracea; kohlrabi
• 青出于蓝而胜于蓝(青出於藍而勝於藍) the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo
• 蓝缕(藍縷) ragged clothing
• 蓝肤木(藍膚木) sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice
• 板蓝根(板藍根) indigo woad root; root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
• 蓝须夜蜂虎(藍鬚夜蜂虎) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
• 蓝领阶级(藍領階級) blue collar; working class
• 月蓝(月藍) light blue
• 蓝屏死机(藍屏死機) blue screen of death
• 紫甘蓝(紫甘藍) red cabbage; purple cabbage
• 蔚蓝(蔚藍) azure; sky blue
• 蓝马鸡(藍馬雞) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
• 琉璃蓝鹟(琉璃藍鶲) Zappey's flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
• 蓝巨星(藍巨星) blue giant star
• 白尾蓝仙鹟(白尾藍仙鶲) white-tailed flycatcher (Cyornis concretus)
• 蓝莓(藍莓) blueberry
• 靛蓝色(靛藍色) indigo blue
• 蓝藻门(藍藻門) Cyanobacteria (phylum of blue-green algae)
• 正蓝旗(正藍旗) Plain Blue banner; Shuluun Höh khoshuu
• 棕胸蓝姬鹟(棕胸藍姬鶲) snowy-browed flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra)
• 白翅蓝鹊(白翅藍鵲) white-winged magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi)
• 蓝田种玉(藍田種玉) a marriage made in heaven
• 锈胸蓝姬鹟(鏽胸藍姬鶲) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsonii)

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景泰蓝 、 台湾蓝鹊

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• 卷七十八　志第二十八: 　輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 11
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• 卷三十三　中山 Chapter 33: Zhong Shan Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 9
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• 卷四　本紀第四:　世祖一 Volume 4 Annals 4: Shizu 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 9
• 卷三百三十二 列傳第二百二十 西域四 Volume 332 Biographies 220: Western Regions 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 卷一百三十二 列傳第二十 朱亮祖 周德興 王弼 藍玉 謝成 李新 Volume 132 Biographies 20: Zhu Liangzu, Zhou Dexing, Wang Bi, Lan Yu, Xie Cheng, Li Xin History of Ming 明史 — count: 9

Collocations

• 蓝可汗 (藍可汗) 是為都藍可汗 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷1 　帝紀第1　高祖上 Volume 1 Annals 1: Gaozu 1 — count: 11
• 蓝水 (藍水) 藍水出其南 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 — count: 8
• 蓝生 (藍生) 太宗左右錢藍生亦在其例 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十四 列傳第五十四 恩倖 Volume 94 Biographies 54: En Xing — count: 8
• 上蓝 (上藍) 上藍和尚 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷十七 梁書17: 列傳七 成汭 杜洪 田頵 趙匡凝 張佶 雷滿 Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7 - Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man — count: 8
• 红蓝 (紅藍) 紅藍 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷三十七　　　　志第二十七　　地理一 Volume 37 Treatises 31: Gepgraphy 1 — count: 5
• 蓝乡 (藍鄉) 留輜重於藍鄉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十四 宗室四王三侯列傳 Volume 14: Biographies of the Imperial Clan, Four Princes and Three Marquises — count: 4
• 蓝怀 (藍懷) 使部將藍懷恭于水南立城爲掎角 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十八 列傳第十二 張惠紹 馮道根 康絢 昌義之 Volume 18: Zhang Huishao; Feng Daogen; Kang Xuan; Chang Yizhi — count: 4
• 钱蓝 (錢藍) 太宗左右錢藍生亦在其例 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十四 列傳第五十四 恩倖 Volume 94 Biographies 54: En Xing — count: 4
• 蓝氏 (藍氏) 居蓝氏城 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十八 西域傳 Volume 88: Treatise on the Western Regions — count: 3
• 蓝关 (藍關) 有可藍關 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷四十　　　　　志第三十　　　地理四 Volume 40 Treatises 34: Gepgraphy 4 — count: 3