近墨者黑
近墨者黑
jìn mò zhě hēi
proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修); different environments provide different influence.; Nurture determines a person's character.
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- proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修); different environments provide different influence.
- Nurture determines a person's character.
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Related Words
近朱者赤，近墨者黑(jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi)· proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修); different environments provide different influence.
→截然不同(jié rán bù tóng)· entirely different
→一把钥匙开一把锁(yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ)· One key opens one lock.
→一概而论(yī gài ér lùn)· to lump different matters together (idiom)
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