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如出一辙

rú chū yī zhédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to be precisely the same / to be no different
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3451b8f09e23c932. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

如出一轍 如出一辙 [ru2 chu1 yi1 zhe2] /to be precisely the same/to be no different/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 如出一轍

  • 如
    rú

    as / as if / such as

  • 出
    chū

    to go out / to come out / to arise / to occur / to produce / to yield / to go beyond / to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 辙
    zhé

    rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [chè]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[yǒu] or 沒|没[méi]) way / idea

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.