Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words隱喻

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隱喻

yǐn yù·ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ

“metaphor; a figure of speech that describes something by referring to something else with similar qualities, without using 'like' or 'as'.”

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to hide; concealed; secret; to conceal; to cover up; to lean upon; to consider carefully; to pity; a hidden place; suffering

To explain or inform; to know or understand; an analogy or metaphor; a surname.