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比喻
  bei2 jyu6   jyutping
  bi3 yu4   pinyin
metaphor; analogy; figure of speech


Level: 3   Google Frequency: 4,270,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
比喻

This word has been viewed 1867 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 23rd Nov 2004 06:57 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 bei2 bei3 bei6  -  compare with; liken to; than
 jyu6  -  explain; understand; analogy

3 compounds containing this word:

大腦比喻 - brain metaphor
比喻的 - [adj] parabolic
計算機比喻 - computer metaphor
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