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轉喻

zyun3 jyu6

zhuan3 yu4

metonymy, a figure of speech that mentions one thing but actually refers to another

e.g., "Washington" is a metonym for the US Government.

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

轉喻

This word was added by bybell on 15th Oct 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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轉 zyun2 zyun3 zhuan3 zhuan4 - turn; transfer; revolve
喻 jyu6 jyu4 yu3 yu4 - [a] metaphor; analogy [b] example [c] like

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