近朱者赤，近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
Pinyin

Definition

近朱者赤，近墨者黑
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jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. you are the product of your environment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

告密者
gào mì zhě
  1. 1 tell-tale
  2. 2 informer (esp. to police)
  3. 3 whistleblower
  4. 4 grass
墨迹
mò jì
  1. 1 ink marks
  2. 2 original calligraphy or painting of famous person
或者
huò zhě
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 possibly
  3. 3 maybe
  4. 4 perhaps
接近
jiē jìn
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to get close to
最近
zuì jìn
  1. 1 recently
  2. 2 soon
  3. 3 nearest

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)