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Blue Green 青 Moon Refers Rare Event Originally

meaning blue or green
number 1151
hanzi
story Once in a blue or green moon" refers to a rare event. But originally "blue moon" refers to a full moon, in other words a fully grown up moon. Whether once a month is rare or not depends on what we're talking about, but that happens to be the origin of the expression.
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