橘化为枳
jú​huà​wéi​zhǐ

to change based on environment

  • created reference approved 橘化为枳/橘化為枳 → 晏子春秋 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    橘化为枳 / 橘化為枳 jú​huà​wéi​zhǐ

    晏子春秋 yàn​zǐ​chūn​qiū

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 橘化为枳/橘化為枳 · jú​huà​wéi​zhǐ · to change based on environment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    橘化为枳 / 橘化為枳

    jú​huà​wéi​zhǐ

    to change based on environment

    (idiom) a good thing turning bad due to a change in environment; literally, the orange tree becomes a bitter citrus tree when transplanted to the north

    橘 (literal) → 橘 · jú · tangerine 化 (literal) → 化 · huà · to change 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 枳 (literal) → 枳 · zhǐ · trifoliate orange

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

    created sense