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近 jìn: close to
朱 zhū: bright red
者 zhě: people
赤 chì: red
墨 mò: ink
黑 hēi: black
This phrase is to say that the living environment has great influences on people. For example, Making friends with good people, you will do good thing; Making friends with bad people, you will do bad things. So when you hear someone talking about how a person is changed due to his friends circle, you can say “近朱者赤,近墨者黑。Jìn zhū zhě chi, jìn mò zhě hēi.”
Example －
Zhōubiān huánjìng duì rén zǒng shì chǎnshēng hěn dà de yǐngxiǎng. Gǔrén shuō jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi, jiù shì zhè ge dàolǐ.
周边环境对人总是产生很大的影响。古人说“近朱者赤,近墨者黑”, 就是这个道理。
The surrounding environment always has a great impact on people. An ancient Chinese saying “close to the cinnabar, it’s easy to get red; close to the ink, easy to get black” expresses this meaning.
