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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 近朱者赤，近墨者黑 [ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄨ ㄓㄜˇ ㄔˋ , ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄏㄟ; jin4 zhu1 zhe3 chi4 , jin4 mo4 zhe3 hei1]
 proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修); different environments provide different influence.
 Nurture determines a person's character.
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