出しゅつ藍らん

noun

pupil surpassing the master

A literary term derived from the Chinese proverb 青は藍より出でて藍より青し (blue comes from indigo but is bluer than indigo). Used almost exclusively in the fixed phrase 出藍の誉れ (the honor of surpassing one's teacher). Not used as a standalone noun in modern conversation.

See also: 青は藍より出でて藍より青し

• 彼かれは出しゅつ藍らんの誉ほまれを取とった。

  He achieved the honor of surpassing his master.

• 「出しゅつ藍らん」は「青あおは藍あいより出いでて藍あいより青あおし」から来きている。

  The word 出藍 comes from the proverb 'blue comes from indigo but is bluer than indigo.'