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HSK 6
HSK 6
HSK 6
喻
yù
1.
to describe sth as
2.
an analogy
3.
a simile
4.
a metaphor
5.
an allegory
Common • Top 11%
✏️ 12 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
隐喻
yǐnyù
metaphor
换喻
huànyù
metonymy
明喻
míngyù
simile
暗喻
ànyù
metaphor
晓喻
xiǎoyù
to inform
比喻
bǐyù
to compare
理喻
lǐyù
to reason with sb
自喻
zìyù
to refer to oneself as
譬喻
pìyù
analogy
转喻
zhuǎnyù
metonymy
逆喻
nìyù
oxymoron
借喻
jièyù
to use sth as a metaphor
比喻义
bǐyùyì
figurative meaning (of a word)
提喻法
tíyùfǎ
synecdoche
借古喻今
jiègǔyùjīn
to borrow the past as a model for the present
喻世明言
YùshìMíngyán
another name for [[古今小說|古今小说<GǔjīnXiǎoshuō>]], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong [[馮夢龍|冯梦龙<FéngMènglóng>]]
大脑比喻
dànǎobǐyù
brain metaphor
家喻户晓
jiāyùhùxiǎo
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
不可理喻
bùkělǐyù
to be impervious to reason (idiom)
不言而喻
bùyánéryù
it goes without saying
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,272
- Word Frequency Rank
- 9,209 of 84,292