粵

隱jan2喻jyu6

simp隐喻
jan2 jyu6yǐn yù

English

  1. metaphor
  2. metaphor

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用兩樣事物嘅相同之處去作間接暗示

Examples

  • 我喺網上識嘅呢個女人似乎對過去嘅生活同吸引力呢啲隱喻事物有興趣,雖然我喺佢嘅個人檔案入面睇唔到。

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  • 佢用「黑夜」隱喻人生中嘅低谷期。

    He used "darkness" as a metaphor for the low points in life.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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