HSK7

metaphor

  • created sense approved 譬 · pì · to make an analogy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    to make an analogy

    (bound form) to illustrate with a metaphor or analogy; to give an example

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  • created sense approved 譬 · pì · analogy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    analogy

    (bound form) a metaphor, example, or analogy used for comparison

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  • created sense approved 譬 · pì · to explain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    to explain

    (literary) to explain or make something known; to instruct or clarify

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