藍皮綠骨

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Chinese

blue; indigo plant; surname leather; skin; fur green bone
trad. (藍皮綠骨)
simp. (蓝皮绿骨) 绿
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".

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藍皮綠骨

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