不是一家人不进一家门
bù​shì​yī​jiā​rén​bù​jìn​yī​jiā​mén

people who share common traits end up together

  • created sense approved 不是一家人不进一家门/不是一家人不進一家門 · bù​shì​yī​jiā​rén​bù​jìn​yī​jiā​mén · people who share common traits end up together — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不是一家人不进一家门 / 不是一家人不進一家門

    bù​shì​yī​jiā​rén​bù​jìn​yī​jiā​mén

    people who share common traits end up together

    people do not become a family unless they share similar temperaments or values; often used to describe how married couples or family members are alike in character or predestined to be together

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 一家人 (literal) → 一家人 · yī​jiā​rén · the whole family 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 进 (literal) → 进/進 · jìn · to enter 一家 (literal) → 一家 · yī​jiā · the same family 门 (literal) → 门/門 · mén · family

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense