like drawn to like

like drawn to like

Chinese idiom, also known as congenial, Pinyin is ch ò UW è IXI ā NGT ó U (old also read Xi ù w è IXI ā NGT ó U), which means that people with bad ideas and bad style have the same interests and habits, and they get along well with each other. The earliest one comes from the eighth year of Xianggong in Zuozhuan: "today, I compare it to plants. I have no monarch, and the smell of monarch is also very bad.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] complicity, seeking common ground, collusion, and [antonym] incompatibility

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attributive; derogatory

Citation explanation

"These two officials are honest and upright. Because of the same bad taste, every business time, or talking about poetry, or playing chess, or in front of the flower bamboo, open a bottle to drink, that come and go, very pleasant. "The second and ninth chapters of the story of officialdom:" since he came to the province, he has known a few people among his colleagues. They are either worldly friends or rural friends, or people who have nothing to do with each other. At this time, once they get together, they will get better. Cai Yong of the Han Dynasty wrote in the tablet of Mr. Xuanwen's Li Xiu: "all those who are close to their friends and have a bad smell will be buried at the meeting." The two fell in love with each other, especially when they knew each other well. As soon as they met, they immediately borrowed from each other and named them the petition Union. (Chapter 48 of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu)

The origin of Idioms

"The eighth year of Xianggong in Zuozhuan:" this is compared to the vegetation, the monarch's stink.