喻
yù
to describe sth as
surname Yu; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory
老师用太阳来喻生命的温暖。
lǎo shī yòng tài yáng lái yù shēng mìng de wēn nuǎn。
The teacher used the sun as an analogy to describe the warmth of life.
他喜欢用故事来喻复杂的道理，让人容易理解。
tā xǐ huān yòng gù shì lái yù fù zá de dào lǐ，ràng rén róng yì lǐ jiě。
He likes to use stories as allegories for complex truths, making them easy to understand.
Words with 喻
隐喻
yǐn yù
metaphor
风喻
fēng yù
see 諷喻|讽喻[feng3 yu4]
不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
inexpressible (idiom)
自喻
zì yù
to refer to oneself as
不言而喻
bù yán ér yù
it goes without saying; it is self-evident
借古喻今
jiè gǔ yù jīn
to borrow the past as a model for the present
借喻
jiè yù
to use sth as a metaphor
喻世明言
yù shì míng yán
another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2]
家喻户晓
jiā yù hù xiǎo
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
提喻法
tí yù fǎ
synecdoche
换喻
huàn yù
metonymy