蓝带 (lándài): blue ribbon (top award)

Meanings

1 blue ribbon (top award)
2 Blue Ribbon (brand name, esp. Pabst Blue Ribbon beer 蓝带啤酒)

Characters

蓝

Examples

他在国际比赛中获得了蓝带奖。

Tā zài guójì bǐsài zhōng huòdé le lándài jiǎng.

He won the blue ribbon prize at the international competition.

九十年代蓝带啤酒在中国非常流行。

Jiǔshí niándài lándài píjiǔ zài Zhōngguó fēicháng liúxíng.

Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was very popular in China in the 1990s.

Tips

usage

Two main senses: (1) the literal 'blue ribbon' as a top prize; (2) the brand short-form for 蓝带啤酒 = Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR), heavily marketed in China through the 1990s. 蓝带 also names the Hong Kong / Asia branches of the Le Cordon Bleu (法国蓝带) culinary school.