同气相求
tóng​qì​xiāng​qiú

like attracts like

  • created reference approved 同气相求/同氣相求 → 同声相应/同聲相應 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    同气相求 / 同氣相求 tóng​qì​xiāng​qiú

    同声相应 / 同聲相應 tóng​shēng​xiāng​yìng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 同气相求/同氣相求 · tóng​qì​xiāng​qiú · like attracts like — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    同气相求 / 同氣相求

    tóng​qì​xiāng​qiú

    like attracts like

    People with similar interests or characters naturally gravitate toward one another; like attracts like; birds of a feather flock together

    同 (literal) → 同 · tóng · same 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · manner 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek

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

    created sense