声应气求
shēng​yìng​qì​qiú

like attracts like

  • created reference approved 声应气求/聲應氣求 → 同声相应/同聲相應 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    声应气求 / 聲應氣求 shēng​yìng​qì​qiú

    同声相应 / 同聲相應 tóng​shēng​xiāng​yìng

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  • created reference approved 声应气求/聲應氣求 → 同气相求/同氣相求 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    声应气求 / 聲應氣求 shēng​yìng​qì​qiú

    同气相求 / 同氣相求 tóng​qì​xiāng​qiú

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  • created sense approved 声应气求/聲應氣求 · shēng​yìng​qì​qiú · like attracts like — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    声应气求 / 聲應氣求

    shēng​yìng​qì​qiú

    like attracts like

    Used to describe people with similar interests, views, or temperaments who naturally gravitate toward one another; based on the concept from the "I Ching" that like sounds respond to one another and like energies seek one another.

    声 (literal) → 声/聲 · shēng · sound 应 (literal) → 应/應 · yìng · to answer 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · vital energy 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek

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

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