綠皮藍骨

Chinese

	green	leather; skin; fur	blue; indigo plant; surname	bone
trad. (綠皮藍骨)	綠	皮	藍	骨
simp. (绿皮蓝骨)	绿	皮	蓝	骨
anagram	藍皮綠骨／蓝皮绿骨
Literally: “green-skinned but with blue bones”.

Etymology

藍皮綠骨／蓝皮绿骨 (lánpílǜgǔ, “to have green skin but blue bones”) figuratively means "to appear green (as a DPP member) but in truth be pro-blue deep down".

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǜpílángǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ pei⁴ laam⁴ gwat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǜpílángǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lyùpílángǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lü⁴-pʻi²-lan²-ku³
  - Yale: lyù-pí-lán-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuhpyilanguu
  - Palladius: люйпиланьгу (ljujpilanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ län³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ pei⁴ laam⁴ gwat¹
  - Yale: luhk pèih làahm gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ pei⁴ laam⁴ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ péi⁴ lam⁴ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² pʰei̯²¹ laːm²¹ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

綠皮藍骨

(Taiwan, politics, derogatory) to be a DPP member but pro-blue or pro-unification at heart

Antonyms

藍皮綠骨 / 蓝皮绿骨 (lánpílǜgǔ)