蓝本

Traditional form:

藍本

Pinyin (reading):

lánběn

Definitions:

• blueprint
• source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based

Characters:

• 蓝 - blue; indigo plant; surname
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis

Traditional characters:

• 藍 - blue; indigo plant; surname
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis