bǐ​fang HSK5

analogy

比方 bǐ​fang
analogy
analogy; instance; a way of explaining something abstract by comparing it to something familiar
to compare
to describe something using an analogy or comparison
for instance
used to introduce an example, similar to 比如 bǐ​rú
if
used to introduce a hypothetical situation, often to be polite or indirect, similar to 如果 rú​guǒ

Frequency

Movie subtitles
7.57 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
4.08 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5

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Same as

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