意象 (yì xiàng) — (noun) artistic image, imagery (used in literature and art to convey meaning or emotion); (noun) concept, idea (in a broader, cognitive sense)
Definition
意象 refers to a mental or artistic 'image' that carries symbolic meaning — in literature it is a recurring sensory image (moon, willow) used to convey emotion, broader than a plain image (形象) or abstract idea (概念).
noun
artistic imageimagery (used in literature and art to convey meaning or emotion)conceptidea (in a broader, cognitive sense)
Examples
- 意象。Zhè shǒu shī lǐ de yuè liang yì xiàng jì tuō le shī rén duì gù xiāng de sī niàn.The moon image in this poem embodies the poet's longing for his hometown.
- 意象。Xīn lǐ xué jiā bǎ zhè zhǒng jì yì chēng wéi yì zhǒng xīn lǐ yì xiàng.Psychologists call this kind of memory a mental image.
- 意象。Tā tí chū de zhè ge yì xiàng hěn kuài chéng wéi gōng sī de xīn lǐ niàn.The concept he proposed quickly became the company's new philosophy.
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