Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Exactly alike / Identical: Used to describe something that is an extremely close or perfect copy, likeness, or match to something else, as if it were a printed reproduction.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hai chị em sinh đôi trông giống như in. (The twin sisters look exactly alike.)
  • Bản vẽ này giống như in bản gốc. (This drawing is identical to the original.)
  • Tính cách cậu ấy giống như in bố. (His personality is a perfect copy of his father's.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used for emphasis in comparisons, stressing an uncanny degree of similarity that leaves no noticeable difference.

Variants and Related Words

• Giống hệt (adj): exactly the same, indistinguishable.

  • Cái túi này giống hệt cái kia. (This bag is exactly the same as that one.)

• Y như (adj/prep): just like, exactly like.

  • Mọi thứ vẫn y như cũ. (Everything is still just like before.)

Synonyms

• Identical: being the same in all details.
• Exactly alike: perfectly similar in appearance or nature.
• A perfect match: something that corresponds precisely.

Related Idioms

• Giống như hai giọt nước: (lit. as alike as two drops of water) meaning to be spitting image, virtually identical.
  • Họ giống như hai giọt nước. (They are as alike as two drops of water.)