物以類聚，人以群分

Chinese

Birds of a feather flock together. man; person; people
to use; according to; so as to
to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
 
 crowd; flock; group
to divide; minute; (a measure word)
to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
 
trad. (物以類聚，人以群分/物以類聚，人以羣分) 物以類聚 ， 人 以 群/羣 分
simp. (物以类聚，人以群分) 物以类聚 ， 人 以 群 分
Literally: “Similar things group together, similar people fit together.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wùyǐlèijù, rén yǐ qún fēn
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ , ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄈㄣ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): mat6 ji5 leoi6 zeoi6, jan4 ji5 kwan4 fan1

Proverb

物以類聚，人以群分

  1. Birds of a feather flock together.
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