染缸里捞不出白布来染缸里撈不出白布來染缸里撈不出白布來

you can't fish white cloth out of a dye vat

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: People in a bad environment pick up bad influences. Similar to "Touch pitch and you will be defiled."

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Simplified: 染缸里捞不出白布来
Traditional (Taiwan): 染缸里撈不出白布來
Pinyin: rǎngāng li lāo bù chū báibù lái
Pinyin (Taiwan): rǎngāng lǐ lāo bù chū báibù lái
Bopomofo: ㄖㄢˇ ㄍㄤㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄠㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄞˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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