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
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

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• 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

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