Read Edit View history 比兴 bǐxìng metaphor and allusion Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 比兴 比興 bǐxìng metaphor and allusion Two traditional creative techniques used in classical Chinese poetry; 比 bǐ refers to using a metaphor or analogy, while 兴 xìng refers to mentioning a separate object first to create an atmosphere that leads into the main subject. Frequency Written text 0.072 per million Cross-References See 比 bǐ兴 xìng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
比兴 比興 bǐxìng metaphor and allusion Two traditional creative techniques used in classical Chinese poetry; 比 bǐ refers to using a metaphor or analogy, while 兴 xìng refers to mentioning a separate object first to create an atmosphere that leads into the main subject. Frequency Written text 0.072 per million Cross-References See 比 bǐ兴 xìng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)