物以類聚
wù​yǐ​lèi​jù

birds of a feather flock together

  • created reference approved 物以类聚/物以類聚 → 人以群分 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物以类聚 / 物以類聚 wù​yǐ​lèi​jù

    人以群分 rén​yǐ​qún​fēn

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  • created reference approved 物以类聚/物以類聚 → 臭味相投 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物以类聚 / 物以類聚 wù​yǐ​lèi​jù

    臭味相投 chòu​wèi​xiāng​tóu

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  • created sense approved 物以类聚/物以類聚 · wù​yǐ​lèi​jù · birds of a feather flock together — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    物以类聚 / 物以類聚

    wù​yǐ​lèi​jù

    birds of a feather flock together

    Things of the same kind naturally group together; nowadays often used in a negative sense to describe bad people associating or conspiring with each other

    物 (literal) → 物 · wù · thing 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 类聚 (literal) → 类聚/類聚 · lèi​jù · to flock together

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