Dictionary › 物以类聚

物以类聚

wù yǐ lèi jù

4-character word Traditional 物以類聚

What 物以类聚 means

1. similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
2. Birds of a feather flock together.

The characters in 物以类聚

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 聚jùto assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-

Example sentences

• 物以类聚。
  Wùyǐlèijù.
  Birds of a feather flock together.
• 物以类聚，人以群分。
  Birds of a feather flock together.

Words starting with 物以类聚

• 物以类聚，人以群分wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēnSimilar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom)…