青出於藍 [ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄩˊ ㄌㄢˊ; qing1 chu1 yu2 lan2] 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,而胜于蓝 ◄ ►