to describe sth as

surname Yu; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory

Words with 喻

隐喻

yǐn yù

metaphor

风喻

fēng yù

see 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4]

不可理喻

bù kě lǐ yù

(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable

不可言喻

bù kě yán yù

inexpressible (idiom)

自喻

zì yù

to refer to oneself as

不言而喻

bù yán ér yù

it goes without saying; it is self-evident

借古喻今

jiè gǔ yù jīn

to borrow the past as a model for the present

借喻

jiè yù

to use sth as a metaphor

喻世明言

yù shì míng yán

another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2]

家喻户晓

jiā yù hù xiǎo

understood by everyone (idiom); well known

提喻法

tí yù fǎ

synecdoche

换喻

huàn yù

metonymy

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