Birds of a feather flock together.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
物以类聚
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
02
Birds of a feather flock together
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 物以类聚 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 物以类聚 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Birds of a feather flock together.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 物以类聚
What does 物以类聚 mean in Chinese?
物以类聚 (wùyǐlèijù) means similar things come together (idiom); like draws like.
How do you pronounce 物以类聚?
物以类聚 is pronounced wùyǐlèijù.
Is 物以类聚 an HSK word?
物以类聚 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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