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jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
yu4
Translations
noun
understand; know; comprehend
noun
explain; make clear; inform
noun
draw an analogy; be compared to
beiˊ²jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
bi3 yu4
Translations
noun
metaphor; analogy; figure of speech
jinˎ₄jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
yan2 yu4
Translations
noun
express with words
noun
Put into words
batˉ¹jinˎ₄jiˎ₄jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
bu4 yan2 er2 yu4
Translations
noun
it goes without saying; it's self-evident
batˉ¹hoˊ²leiˏ₅jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
bu4 ke3 li3 yu4
Translations
noun
won't listen to reason
ze˗₃jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
jie4 yu4
Translations
noun
metonymy | synonyms: 借代, 換喻
noun
use sth as a metaphor
gaaˉ¹jyuˍ₆wuˍ₆hiuˊ²
(家喻户晓)
Pinyin
jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3
Translations
noun
Well known
daaiˍ₆nouˏ₅beiˊ²jyuˍ₆
(大脑比喻)
Pinyin
da4 nao3 bi3 yu4
Translations
noun
brain metaphor
jikˍ₆jyuˍ₆
Pinyin
ni4 yu4
Translations
noun
an oxymoron (self-contradictory figure of speech)
fung˗₃jyuˍ₆
(讽喻)
Pinyin
feng4 yu4
Translations
noun
allegory; parable
gaaˉ¹jyuˍ₆wuˍ₆hiuˊ²
(家喻户晓)
Pinyin
jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3
Translations
noun
(saying) understood by every household - common knowledge