蓝图 lántú blueprint
How to remember 蓝图: 蓝 blue + 图 diagram = blueprint.
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How it is used
- Rarely literal blueprints today; overwhelmingly figurative for a grand plan/vision - 描绘未来蓝图 (miáohuì wèilái lántú) sketch out a blueprint for the future.
- Pairs with 描绘/规划/宏伟 and carries an inspiring, forward-looking tone.
- For an ordinary concrete plan use 计划 (jìhuà); 蓝图 implies scale and vision.