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物以类聚，人以群分

wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn

9-character word Traditional 物以類聚，人以群分

What 物以类聚，人以群分 means

1. Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.

The characters in 物以类聚，人以群分

• 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-
• 人rénperson; people
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)

Example sentences

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