jìn​zhū​zhě​chì​jìn​mò​zhě​hēi

influenced by one's company

Senses

近朱者赤,近墨者黑 jìn​zhū​zhě​chì​jìn​mò​zhě​hēi influenced by one's company

Literally meaning those who handle cinnabar are stained red and those who work with ink are stained black, this idiom describes how a person's character or habits are influenced by the people they associate with or the environment they are in.

近朱者赤,近墨者黑 jìn​zhū​zhě​chì​jìn​mò​zhě​hēi one takes the color of one's company

you are the product of your environment; proximity to good things makes one good, proximity to bad things makes one bad

References

same_as 近朱近墨/近朱近墨 近朱者赤,近墨者黑/近朱者赤,近墨者黑