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物以類聚

物以類聚

See also: 物以类聚

Chinese

thing; object; matter
 
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
trad. (物以類聚) 類聚
simp. (物以类聚) 类聚
Literally: “things will be gathered together according to category”.

Proverb

物以類聚

  1. Birds of a feather flock together.
    物以類聚,人以群分。 [MSC, trad.]
    物以类聚,人以群分。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wùyǐlèijù, rényǐqúnfēn. [Pinyin]
    Similar things group together, similar people fit together.