橘生淮南则为橘

橘生淮南則為橘
júshēnghuáinánzéwéijú
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 oranges grown south of the Huai River are oranges
  2. 2 environment transforms nature
  3. 3 line from the Yanzi Chunqiu illustrating how context shapes character

Examples

Jú shēng Huáinán zé wéi jú, shēng yú Huáiběi zé wéi zhǐ — huánjìng sùzào rén.
Oranges south of the Huai become oranges; north of it, trifoliate oranges — environment shapes people.
Tóngyàng de yuángōng, zài bùtóng gōngsī biǎoxiàn wánquán bù tóng, zhēn shì jú shēng Huáinán zé wéi jú.
The same employees perform entirely differently at different companies — environment really does make the fruit.

Stroke Order

shēng
huái
nán
wèi