物以類聚，人以群分

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

thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理

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

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble

to congregate / to assemble / to mass / to gather together / to amass / to polymerize

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

variant of 群[qun2]

group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

part / share / ingredient / component