暗喻

ànyù
metaphor

CEDICT

  1. (rhetoric) analogy; metaphor; figure of speech
  2. analogy; metaphor; figure of speech

Wiktionary

隐而不显的譬喻。相对于明喻而言。

重編國語辭典

隐喻。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 暗 àn variant of 暗 àn
=1 暗 àn
  1. dark
  2. to turn dark
  3. secret; hidden
  4. (literary) confused; ignorant
=1 暗 àn
  1. (literary) to close (a door)
  2. to eclipse
  3. confused; ignorant (variant of 暗 àn)
  4. dark (variant of 暗 àn)
2 喻 yù
  1. to describe sth as
  2. an analogy
  3. a simile
  4. a metaphor
  5. an allegory

Related entries

隐喻 yǐnyù metaphor
借指 jièzhǐ
  1. to refer to
  2. metaphor
譬喻 pìyù
  1. analogy
  2. metaphor
  3. simile
比喻 bǐyù
  1. to compare
  2. to liken to
  3. metaphor
  4. analogy
  5. figure of speech
  6. figuratively
莎士比亞把世界比喻成一個舞台。

Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.

Source: Tatoeba

比拟 bǐnǐ
  1. to compare
  2. to draw a parallel
  3. to match
  4. analogy
  5. metaphor
  6. comparison