暗喻 (àn yù) — metaphor
Definition
A type of 比喻 where the comparison is implied rather than stated with words like 像 or 好像. It is the literary/literary-analysis term for what English calls a 'metaphor'.
noun
metaphor
Examples
- 暗喻，。Zhè shǒu shī yùn yòng le àn yù, biǎo dá le duì gù xiāng de sī niàn.This poem uses a metaphor to express longing for one's hometown.
- 暗喻。Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men fēn xī zhè ge àn yù de shēn céng hán yì.The teacher asked us to analyze the deeper meaning of this metaphor.
- 暗喻。àn yù Shì shī gē zhōng cháng jiàn de xiū cí shǒu fǎ.Metaphor is a common rhetorical device in poetry.
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