龍交龍，鳳交鳳

See also: 龙交龙，凤交凤

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
trad. (龍交龍，鳳交鳳)		龍	交	龍	，	鳳	交	鳳
simp. (龙交龙，凤交凤)		龙	交	龙	，	凤	交	凤
Literally: “dragons befriend dragons, phoenixes befriend phoenixes”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng kau lêng, hōng kau hōng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng kau lêng, hōng kau hōng
    • Tâi-lô: lîng kau lêng, hōng kau hōng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³ hɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴ hɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ³³/

Proverb

龍交龍，鳳交鳳

1. (Southern Min) birds of a feather flock together

   • 連勝文與頂新交好？柯文哲母：龍交龍鳳交鳳 [MSC, trad.]
     连胜文与顶新交好？柯文哲母：龙交龙凤交凤 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014 October 12, 連勝文與頂新交好？ 柯文哲母：龍交龍鳳交鳳, Taiwan People's News (民報)

     Liánshèngwén yǔ dǐngxīn jiāohǎo? Kēwénzhé mǔ: lóngjiāolóngfèngjiāofèng [Pinyin]

     Are Sean Lien and Ting Hsin on good terms? Ko Wen-je's mother: "Like-minded folks come together"

Synonyms

• 物以類聚／物以类聚 (wùyǐlèijù)

Derived terms

• 龍交龍，鳳交鳳，隱痀的交侗戇／龙交龙，凤交凤，隐痀的交侗戆

 

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “龍交龍，鳳交鳳”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC