created sense approved 映衬/映襯 · yìngchèn · to set off — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
映衬 / 映襯
yìngchèn
to set off
To set off or enhance through contrast; to serve as a foil to something else.
映 (literal) → 映 · yìng · to reflect 衬 (literal) → 衬/襯 · chèn · to set off
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 映衬/映襯 · yìngchèn · contrast — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
映衬 / 映襯
yìngchèn
contrast
A rhetorical device where two different or opposite ideas are placed together for emphasis, such as antithesis or parallelism.
映 (literal) → 映 · yìng · to reflect 衬 (literal) → 衬/襯 · chèn · to set off
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition