đồng thanh tương ứng đồng khí tương cầu
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Also seen as: đồng thanh tương ứng, đồng khí tương cầu
Like voices echo each other, like spirits seek each other — kindred natures inevitably find one another; the classical (Sino-Vietnamese) ancestor of "birds of a feather flock together".
Register: informal
Examples
Editorial example (batch 048)
Sources & notes
Headword discovered via English Wikiquote "Vietnamese proverbs" (CC BY-SA; definition and example written independently for Idiomer). Retrieved 2026-08-05. Classical register, from the I Ching tradition; used in writing and formal speech.
Common questions
What does “đồng thanh tương ứng đồng khí tương cầu” mean?
Like voices echo each other, like spirits seek each other — kindred natures inevitably find one another; the classical (Sino-Vietnamese) ancestor of "birds of a feather flock together". Literally: same sounds respond, same spirits seek
Is “đồng thanh tương ứng đồng khí tương cầu” formal or informal?
đồng thanh tương ứng đồng khí tương cầu is generally informal.