物以类聚，人以群分

Traditional form:

物以類聚，人以群分

Pinyin (reading):

wùyǐlèijù,rényǐqúnfēn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 物 - thing, substance, matter; creature
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 聚 - to assemble, to collect, to meet
• 人 - man, person; people
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity

Traditional characters:

• 物 - thing, substance, matter; creature
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 類 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 聚 - to assemble, to collect, to meet
• 人 - man, person; people
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 群 - group, crowd; multitude, mob
• 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity