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橘逾淮而北为枳
jú​yú​huái'ér​běi​wéi​zhǐ

influence of environment

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
橘逾淮而北为枳 橘逾淮而北為枳 jú​yú​huái'ér​běi​wéi​zhǐ
influence of environment
tangerines grown north of the Huai River turn into bitter trifoliate oranges; a metaphor for how environment changes the nature of things

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Synonym

  • 淮枳 huái​zhǐ
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