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大腦比喻

daai6 nou5 bei2 jyu6

da4 nao3 bi3 yu4

brain metaphor

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

大腦比喻

This word was added by bybell on 4th Apr 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
腦 nou5 nao3 nao4 - the brain
比 bei2 bei3 pei4 bi3 pi2 - compare with, liken; close
喻 jyu6 jyu4 yu3 yu4 - [a] metaphor; analogy [b] example [c] like

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