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- "隐喻" Character Details
Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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yan2 | jan2 | secret / hidden / concealed / (prefix) crypto- | ||
yu6 | jyu6 | to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory / surname yu |
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How to use 隐喻 in a Sentence
I can only represent it to you by metaphors.
The answer again goes back to the global metaphor of the desktop.
- 我 wǒ
- 们 men
- 凭 píng
- 直 zhí
- 觉 jué
- 理 lǐ
- 解 jiě
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- , ,
- 但 dàn
- 直 zhí
- 觉 jué
- 真 zhēn
- 正 zhèng
- 的 de
- 意 yì
- 思 sī
- 是 shì
- 什 shén
- 么 me
- ? ?
We understand metaphors intuitively, but what does that really mean?
- 当 dāng
- 应 yìng
- 用 yòng
- 到 dào
- 信 xìn
- 息 xī
- 时 shí
- 代 dài
- 的 de
- 系 xì
- 统 tǒng
- 中 zhōng
- 时 shí
- , ,
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- 存 cún
- 在 zài
- 很 hěn
- 多 duō
- 局 jú
- 限 xiàn
- 性 xìng
- . .
Metaphors have many limitations when applied to modern, information - age systems.
- 他 tā
- 们 men
- 的 de
- 作 zuò
- 品 pǐn
- 是 shì
- 对 duì
- 一 yī
- 个 gè
- 正 zhèng
- 在 zài
- 作 zuò
- 垂 chuí
- 死 sǐ
- 挣 zhēng
- 扎 zhā
- 的 de
- 社 shè
- 会 huì
- 的 de
- 绝 jué
- 望 wàng
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- 。 。
Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes.
- 时 shí
- 代 dài
- 变 biàn
- 了 le
- , ,
- 因 yīn
- 此 cǐ
- , ,
- 用 yòng
- 朴 pǔ
- 实 shí
- 的 de
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- 来 lái
- 讲 jiǎng
- , ,
- 我 wǒ
- 们 men
- 必 bì
- 须 xū
- “ “
- 适 shì
- 应 yìng
- 环 huán
- 境 jìng
- ” ”
- . .
Times are changed and we must, to use the homely metaphor, cut our coat according to our cloth.
- 对 duì
- 一 yī
- 个 gè
- 词 cí
- 的 de
- 理 lǐ
- 解 jiě
- 是 shì
- 按 àn
- 字 zì
- 面 miàn
- 意 yì
- 思 sī
- 还 hái
- 是 shì
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- 的 de
- 意 yì
- 思 sī
- 要 yào
- 视 shì
- 乎 hū
- 上 shàng
- 下 xià
- 文 wén
- 和 hé
- 习 xí
- 惯 guàn
- . .
It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
- 混 hùn
- 用 yòng
- 更 gèng
- 多 duō
- 的 de
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- 来 lái
- 说 shuō
- , ,
- 你 nǐ
- 还 hái
- 没 méi
- 学 xué
- 会 huì
- 走 zǒu
- 就 jiù
- 想 xiǎng
- 跑 pǎo
- , ,
- 而 ér
- 我 wǒ
- 又 yòu
- 剪 jiǎn
- 掉 diào
- 了 le
- 你 nǐ
- 的 de
- 翅 chì
- 膀 bǎng
- 。 。
To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings.
- 但 dàn
- 是 shì
- 总 zǒng
- 的 de
- 来 lái
- 说 shuō
- , ,
- 非 fēi
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- 性 xìng
- 的 de
- 习 xí
- 惯 guàn
- 用 yòng
- 法 fǎ
- 对 duì
- 于 yú
- 全 quán
- 球 qiú
- 化 huà
- 的 de
- 界 jiè
- 面 miàn
- 应 yìng
- 该 gāi
- 是 shì
- 相 xiāng
- 当 dāng
- 安 ān
- 全 quán
- 的 de
- . .
However , nonmetaphorical idioms should, in general, be fairly safe for globalized interfaces.
- 这 zhè
- 部 bù
- 电 diàn
- 影 yǐng
- 驾 jià
- 轻 qīng
- 就 jiù
- 熟 shú
- 地 dì
- 借 jiè
- 助 zhù
- 圈 quān
- 内 nèi
- 笑 xiào
- 话 huà
- 、 、
- 自 zì
- 我 wǒ
- 指 zhǐ
- 认 rèn
- 和 hé
- 后 hòu
- 现 xiàn
- 代 dài
- 主 zhǔ
- 义 yì
- 的 de
- 隐 yǐn
- 喻 yù
- , ,
- 对 duì
- 过 guò
- 度 dù
- 文 wén
- 明 míng
- 的 de
- 世 shì
- 界 jiè
- 提 tí
- 出 chū
- 了 le
- 质 zhì
- 疑 yí
- 。 。
Ripe with in-jokes, self-references, and post-modern metaphor, the movie questions a too-civilized world.
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