ěr​rú​mù​rǎn

to be influenced by one's surroundings

  1. 耳 ěr noun
    to hear
    (literary) to hear; to listen to; to hear of
  2. to be influenced
    (bound form) to be influenced or contaminated by; to be imbued with, as in the idiom 耳濡目染 ěr​rú​mù​rǎn
  3. 目 mù adverbpreposition
    to look
    (literary) to look; to regard or view as
  4. 染 rǎn verbnoun
    to contract; to acquire
    to catch (a disease); to contract; to acquire (a bad habit); to be infected or influenced by