"Metaphor" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
比拟 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison
隐喻 yǐn yù metaphor
譬喻 pì yù analogy / metaphor / simile
暗喻 àn yù metaphor
喻 yù to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory
借指 jiè zhǐ to refer to / metaphor
明镜 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat &ndash / such as a lake &ndash / or sth that provides clarity and insight)
冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)
包拯 Bāo Zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician
连珠炮 lián zhū pào barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
借喻 jiè yù to use sth as a metaphor
大脑比喻 dà nǎo bǐ yù brain metaphor
计算机比喻 jì suàn jī bǐ yù computer metaphor
永不生锈的螺丝钉 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng a "screw that never rusts" &mdash / sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed
无头苍蝇 wú tóu cāng ying headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
脱缰野马 tuō jiāng yě mǎ a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)
牛毛 niú máo ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
跪乳 guì rǔ (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety)
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