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The character "青" originally denoted a spectrum of natural colors, including those of the sky, vegetation, and certain minerals, with its composition integrating the component 生, relating to life and growth, with 丹, indicating cinnabar or red, suggesting an origin linked to vibrant pigments. Over time, its semantic range contracted from a term that could mean blue, green, or black in classical language to one that now primarily signifies blue or green, with the exact shade often specified by accompanying words.
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我喜欢青苹果。
青山绿水很美。
青春是宝贵的时光。
他穿着青色的衬衫。
青少年应该努力学习。
青海湖是中国最大的咸水湖。
青瓷是中国传统的瓷器。
青蒿素拯救了许多生命。