淮南橘，淮北枳
huái​nán​jú​huái​běi​zhǐ

south of the Huai River is a tangerine, north is a trifoliate orange

  • created sense approved 淮南橘，淮北枳 · huái​nán​jú​huái​běi​zhǐ · south of the Huai River is a tangerine, north is a trifoliate orange — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    淮南橘，淮北枳

    huái​nán​jú​huái​běi​zhǐ

    south of the Huai River is a tangerine, north is a trifoliate orange

    an idiom meaning that the environment changes the nature of a person or thing, as the same species of plant might produce sweet fruit in the south but bitter fruit in the north

    淮南 (literal) → 淮南 · huái​nán · Huainan region 橘 (literal) → 橘 · jú · tangerine ， (non_chinese) 淮北 (literal) → 淮北 · huái​běi · Huaibei (region) 枳 (literal) → 枳 · zhǐ · trifoliate orange

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