similar things come together (idiom); like draws like; Birds of a feather flock together.
trad. 物以類聚
Also written 物以類聚【wù yǐ lèi jù】
Characters in this word
4物
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(bound form) thing, (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- Pinyin
- wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6704 of 2500
以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
类
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kind; type; class; category, (classifier) kind; type, (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- Pinyin
- lèi
- Traditional
- 類
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 6116 of 2500
聚
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to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive), (chemistry) poly-
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 16072 of 2500