南橘北枳
nán​jú​běi​zhǐ

tangerines in the south, trifoliate oranges in the north

  • created reference approved 南橘北枳 → 淮南橘，淮北枳 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南橘北枳 nán​jú​běi​zhǐ

    淮南橘，淮北枳 huái​nán​jú​huái​běi​zhǐ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 南橘北枳 · nán​jú​běi​zhǐ · tangerines in the south, trifoliate oranges in the north — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南橘北枳

    nán​jú​běi​zhǐ

    tangerines in the south, trifoliate oranges in the north

    Describes how things change in nature or character according to their environment; the same thing can become quite different under different circumstances

    南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 橘 (literal) → 橘 · jú · tangerine 北 (literal) → 北 · běi · north 枳 (literal) → 枳 · zhǐ · trifoliate orange

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense