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物以類聚，人以群分
简 物以类聚，人以群分 · 繁 物以類聚，人以群分Mandarin · pinyin wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
Meanings
- Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
Characters in this entry
- 物
- wù · thing, substance, creature
- 以
- yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
- 類
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- 聚
- jù · assemble, meet together, collect
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 群
- qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
- 分
- fēn · divide; small unit of time etc.
- 类
- lèi · class, group, kind, category
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Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading
mat6 ji5 leoi6 zeoi6 ，jan4 ji5 kwan4 fan1
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