拟人 (nǐ rén) — personification
Definition
Personification: a figure of speech that gives human traits to non-human things (animals, objects, nature). As a subtype of 比喻, it uses the 把 construction to treat the object as a person.
noun
personification
Examples
- 拟人，。Zhè piān sǎn wén yòng le nǐ rén de shǒu fǎ, ràng dà zì rán biàn de yǒu shēng mìng.This essay uses personification to make nature come alive.
- 拟人，。nǐ rén Shì bǐ yù de yì zhǒng, bǎ wù dàng zuò rén lái xiě.Personification is a type of metaphor that writes about objects as if they were human.
- 拟人。Hái zi men zài zuò wén lǐ yòng nǐ rén xiě tài yáng gōng gong xiào le.The children used personification in their compositions to write that Grandpa Sun was smiling.
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