綠皮藍骨

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Chinese

green leather; skin; fur blue; indigo plant; surname bone
trad. (綠皮藍骨)
simp. (绿皮蓝骨) 绿
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


Idiom

綠皮藍骨

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

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