Read Edit View history 借喻 jièyù metaphor Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 借喻 jièyù metaphor A type of metaphor where the actual subject and the comparison word are omitted, leaving only the figurative image to represent the idea to use an analogy To use something as an analogy or metaphor to explain a concept to someone else. Frequency Written text 0.085 per million Cross-References See 比喻 bǐyù Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
借喻 jièyù metaphor A type of metaphor where the actual subject and the comparison word are omitted, leaving only the figurative image to represent the idea to use an analogy To use something as an analogy or metaphor to explain a concept to someone else. Frequency Written text 0.085 per million Cross-References See 比喻 bǐyù Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)