鱼找鱼 虾找虾
“Fish attracts fish, shrimps attract shrimps,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我在林场插队的时候 当地老乡经常说一句话
“When I was working in the production team, there's a saying among the locals.”
鱼找鱼 虾找虾
“Fish attracts fish, shrimps attract shrimps,”
乌龟找
“and turtles attract...”
“Birds of a feather flock together; people stick to their own kind.”
This rural folk saying reflects the deep-seated Chinese worldview that successful relationships and alliances naturally occur between people of comparable status, character, or background.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
birds of a feather flock together / like seeks like
A humorous folk idiom often followed by '乌龟找王八' (turtles seek tortoises), used to describe similar people pairing up.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He couldn't tell who's the fish and who's the bait,”
“to catch small shrimp, right?”
“I picked up small fish and shrimp by the pier,”
“Because the fish in the sea go,”
“I've been looking for ages, and where's the squid I ordered?”
“I guess they are waiting for some bigger fish. They're afraid we'll disturb them before taking action.”