取青媲白 — “To take blue to match white; to match blue with white”
取青媲白 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to strive for balanced and contrasting phrases and parallelism in literary composition, especially poetry”. Literally, “To take blue to match white; to match blue with white”.
取青媲白 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- qǔ取yì义chéng成rén仁sacrifice life for righteousness
- qǔ取zhī之bù不jìn尽endless supply
- qǔ取zhī之bù不jìn尽，，yòng用zhī之bù不jié竭inexhaustible supply
- qǔ取zhī之bù不jìn尽，，yòng用zhī之yǒu有yú余inexhaustible supply
- qǔ取zhī之bù不jié竭inexhaustible supply
- qǔ取luàn乱wǔ侮wáng亡exploit chaos and oppress the perishing
- qǔ取luàn乱cún存wáng亡Exploit chaos, save the perishing
- qǔ取yǔ予yǒu有jié节judicious and moderate in taking and giving
- qǔ取xìn信yú于rén人Win the trust of others
- qǔ取xìn信yú于mín民Win the trust of the people
- qǔ取qí其jīng精huá华，，qù去qí其zāo糟pò粕absorb the essence, discard the dross
- qǔ取qiǎo巧tú图biàn便cut corners for convenience
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What does 取青媲白 mean?
取青媲白 (qǔ qīng pì bái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to strive for balanced and contrasting phrases and parallelism in literary composition, especially poetry”.
How do you pronounce 取青媲白?
取青媲白 is pronounced qǔ qīng pì bái in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 取青媲白 literally mean?
Literally, 取青媲白 means “to take blue to match white; to match blue with white”. It is used to mean “to strive for balanced and contrasting phrases and parallelism in literary composition, especially poetry”.
What is the Chinese definition of 取青媲白?
以青配白，比喻诗文讲求对仗。