隐喻

隱喻

yǐnyù

noun #17,196

Meanings

Literally 'hidden analogy' — a figure of speech that implies comparison without stating it directly.

"Shíjiān jiù shì jīnqián" shì yī zhǒng chángjiàn de yǐnyù.

'Time is money' is a common metaphor.

Zhè shǒu shī chōngmǎn le yǐnyù.

This poem is full of metaphors.

usage

Compare with 明喻 (mínyù, simile — 'bright analogy') which uses explicit comparison words like 像 or 如. 隐喻 implies the comparison without such markers.

隐 yǐn

喻 yù