Meaning of 借喻
借喻 means a type of metaphor where the vehicle directly replaces the tenor. Pronounced jiè yù.
- a type of metaphor where the vehicle directly replaces the tenor
Definitions & Examples
Gǔ古
wén文
lǐ里
cháng常
shǐ使
yòng用
jiè借
yù喻
，
shǐ使
yǔ语
yán言
gèng更
hán含
xù蓄
yǒu有
lì力
。
Ancient texts often use borrowed metaphor to make the language more subtle and powerful.
Fēn分
xī析
zhè这
jù句
shī诗
de的
xiū修
cí辞
，
nǐ你
huì会
fā发
xiàn现
“
jīng惊
tāo涛
pāi拍
àn岸
，
juǎn卷
qǐ起
qiān千
duī堆
xuě雪
”
zhōng中
de的
“
xuě雪
”
shì是
jiè借
yù喻
。
Analyzing the rhetoric of this line of poetry, you'll find that "snow" in "the roaring waves beat the banks, rolling up a thousand piles of snow" is a borrowed metaphor.
Jiè借
yù喻
yǔ与
míng明
yù喻
、
àn暗
yù喻
bìng并
liè列
wéi为
sān三
zhǒng种
jī基
běn本
de的
bǐ比
yù喻
xíng形
shì式
。
Borrowed metaphor, along with simile and metaphor, is one of the three basic forms of figurative language.
Tā他
yòng用
“
tóng铜
qiáng墙
tiě铁
bì壁
”
jiè借
yù喻
jūn军
duì队
de的
jiān坚
gù固
fáng防
yù御
。
He used "walls of bronze and iron" as a borrowed metaphor for the army's solid defense.
Zài在
“
tā他
shì是
wǒ我
men们
dān单
wèi位
de的
bǐ笔
gǎn杆
zi子
”
zhè这
jù句
huà话
zhōng中
，
“
bǐ笔
gǎn杆
zi子
”
shì是
jiè借
yù喻
，
zhǐ指
dài代
shàn擅
cháng长
xiě写
zuò作
de的
rén人
。
In the sentence "He is the pen holder of our unit," "pen holder" is a borrowed metaphor, referring to someone skilled in writing.