qīng chū yú lán 青出于蓝

成语 (Idiom)：青出于蓝

意思 (Meaning)：

靛青是从蓼蓝草里提炼出来的染料，但颜色比蓼蓝草更深；这成语源自古代制作靛青色的颜料，用来比喻提炼过的更加出色，或更精深！这成语经常也这样用：青出于蓝而胜于蓝。
Indigo is a dye processed from indigo grass, the colour of the dye is darker from the original colour. It is usually used to describe the latter performed better than the former, often used to encourage students to outperform their teachers.

例如（An example):

现任慈善机构的领导人青出于蓝，吸取了先人的经验，从事了基本改革；从此，同样的问题不再发生。
Using this idiom to praise a current leader of charity organization able to learnt from past experiences to stop recurrence of the same problem.

典故（Classical Literature)：

《荀子·劝学》：“青，取之于蓝而青于蓝；冰，水为之而寒于水。

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My Chinese Idioms in blogspot is a place where I keep my thought and knowledge on Chinese Idioms. It is published to share with readers and to promote the usage and understanding of Chinese Idioms.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, my first step was I created 'Chinese Idioms on Spot' in blogspot on 22th February 2014, my second step is I decide to publish my blogspot with what I have now. I will add idiom as and when I have good examples where I will add value to the existing resources which are already available in Internet websites  and printed books.

My resources:

1. Chinese-Tool.com

Chinese-Tool.com has a Chengyu Dictionary of more than 30000 Chengyu(Chinese proverbial idioms) with calligraphy, pinyin, English translation, Chinese explanations, synonyms and context examples.

Chinese-tools: Chengyu stories, chinese idioms

2.百度百科（全球最大的中文百科全书）

Baidu Search 百度词典查询

3. Books:

1. A Dictionary of Chinese Idioms with English Translations published by Intellectual Publishing Co.

2. 汉语成语词典 出版：智力出版社；A Dictionary of Chinese Idioms published by Intellectual Publishing Co.

3. 四用成语典，出版：雷鼓出版社，编著者：雷鼓出版社编辑部