龍交龍，鳳交鳳，隱痀的交侗戇

See also: 龙交龙，凤交凤，隐痀的交侗戆

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	dragon; imperial; surname		male fenghuang	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	male fenghuang			really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	to become foolish or unwise; to lose one's wits; fool to become foolish or unwise; to lose one's wits; fool; idiot
trad. (龍交龍，鳳交鳳，隱痀的交侗戇)		龍	交	龍	，	鳳	交	鳳	，	隱痀	的	交	侗戇
simp. (龙交龙，凤交凤，隐痀的交侗戆)		龙	交	龙	，	凤	交	凤	，	隐痀	的	交	侗戆
Literally: “dragons befriend dragons, phoenixes befriend phoenixes, and hunchbacks befriend morons”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîng kau lîng, hōng kau hōng, ún-ku--ê kau tòng-gōng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîng kau lîng, hōng kau hōng, ún-ku--ê kau tòng-gōng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng kau lîng, hōng kau hōng, ún-ku--ê kau tòng-gōng

Proverb

龍交龍，鳳交鳳，隱痀的交侗戇

1. birds of a feather flock together

Synonyms

• 物以類聚／物以类聚 (wùyǐlèijù)

Derived terms

• 龍交龍，鳳交鳳／龙交龙，凤交凤

 

References

• “臺灣俗諺~龍交龍、鳳交鳳”, in National Education Radio (Taipei)‎^[1], 2017 October 15, retrieved 2023-04-26
• “Entry #60361”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.