藍皮綠骨

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lánpílǜgǔ

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

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

Idiom

藍皮綠骨

(Taiwan, politics, derogatory) to be a Kuomintang member but pro-green or pro-Taiwanese independence at heart

Antonyms

綠皮藍骨 / 绿皮蓝骨 (lǜpílángǔ)