物以类聚，人以群分
Traditional: 物以類聚，人以群分Dictionary entry
Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
What does 物以类聚，人以群分 mean?
物以类聚，人以群分 (wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn) has the following dictionary meaning.
1Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
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物wù(bound form) thing · (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]类lèikind; type; class; category · (classifier) kind; type聚jùto assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive) · (chemistry) poly-人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]群qúnvariant of 群[qun2]分fēnto divide; to separate · to distribute; to allocate
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