明喻 (míng yù) — (rhetoric) simile
Definition
明喻 (míngyù) is a simile in classical rhetoric — an explicit comparison using words like 像 or 如, unlike 暗喻 (metaphor), which states the comparison directly without such markers.
noun
(rhetoric) simile
Examples
- “”明喻。Lǎo shī yòng "xiàng" zhè ge zì lái jiě shì míng yù.The teacher used the character '像' to explain simile.
- 明喻。Zhè piān kè wén lǐ yòng le hěn duō míng yù.This lesson text uses many similes.
- ，明喻。Xiě zuò wén shí, míng yù kě yǐ ràng miáo xiě gēng shēng dòng.When writing essays, similes can make descriptions more vivid.
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