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墨者
Mòzhě
1.
Mohist
2.
follower of Mohist school
Noun
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Compound Words (2)
近墨者黑
jìnmòzhěhēi
proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu [[歐陽修|欧阳修]]); different environments provide different influence.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
jìnzhūzhěchì,jìnmòzhěhēi
proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu [[歐陽修|欧阳修]]); different environments provide different influence.
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