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物以类聚

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Collocation

1
物以类聚的现象
2
俗话说物以类聚
3
物以类聚,人以群分

Definition

物以类聚

Literally means:

things of kind come together

birds of a feather flock together

Actually means:

It means that people of the same kind often gather.

It is usually used to describe bad people colluding with each other for their common purpose or taste.

This phrase is often followed by Ren Yi Qun Fen, namely, people of a mind fall into the same group.

同类的人或事常聚在一起。

多用来指坏人臭味相投,勾结,勾结在一起。

多和“人以群分”连用。

Example

Used as a minor sentence, or as object or attributive. (作小句、宾语、定语)
1
lèi
物以类聚
  
,
men
他们
dōu
shì
一路
de
huò
货色
  
,
gàn
de
dōu
shì
jiànburén
见不得人
de
gòudàng
勾当
  

Things to cluster, they are all all the way to the color of goods, dry are unseeded.

2
huàshuō
俗话说
lèi
物以类聚
  
,
rénqúnfēn
人以群分
  
,
jiéjiāo
结交
de
dōu
shì
xiē
一些
sān
不三不四
de
rén
  
,
zǎowǎn
早晚
huì
chūshì
出事
de
  

As the saying goes, things to cluster, people to groups, he made friends are not three or four people, sooner or later something happened.

3
shí
其实
  
,
lèi
物以类聚
de
xiànxiàng
现象
shízài
实在
shǎojiàn
少见
  
kàn
  
,
xiǎo
小气
de
rén
xiǎo
小气
de
rén
jīngcháng
经常
zài
一起
  
,
fāng
大方
de
rén
fāng
大方
de
rén
jiào
比较
delái
合得来
  

In fact, the phenomenon of clustering of things is very rare. You see, small people and small people are often together, generous people and generous people are more in line.