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喻
Mandarin: yu4
Definitions
  1. 1 to describe sth as
  2. 2 an analogy
  3. 3 a simile
  4. 4 a metaphor
  5. 5 an allegory
  6. 6 to explain
  7. 7 to inform
  8. 8 to understand
  9. 9 to comprehend
  10. 10 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 喻
比喻的
[adj] parabolic
不可理喻
won't listen to reason
家喻户曉
Well known
大腦比喻
brain metaphor
家喻戶曉
(saying) understood by every household - common knowledge
言喻
Put into words
轉喻
metonymy, a figure of speech that mentions one thing but actually refers to anot
逆喻
an oxymoron (self-contradictory figure of speech)
計算機比喻
computer metaphor
諷喻
allegory; parable
不言而喻
it goes without saying; it's self-evident
比喻
metaphor; analogy; figure of speech
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