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to resemble in form
outwardly similar
The three-storey building is shaped like a guitar lying on its side.
The layered lines are reminiscent of fiber-optic cables, representing an inter-connected world in the information age.

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Open the tool →形似 (xíng sì) means “similar in shape, to resemble in form, outwardly similar”.
形似 is pronounced xíng sì in Mandarin Chinese.
“similar in shape” is 形似 (xíng sì) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 形似, each with pinyin and an English translation.