比喻 (bǐyù) means Parable (analogy - metaphor). Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
作者用大海 比喻 母亲的胸怀。
Zuòzhě yòng dàhǎi bǐyù mǔqīn de xiōnghuái.
The author uses the sea as a metaphor for a mother's heart.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 比喻
这句话是个 比喻 ，不能照字面理解。
Zhè jù huà shì ge bǐyù, bù néng zhào zìmiàn lǐjiě.
This sentence is a metaphor and cannot be taken literally.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 比喻
这个 比喻 用得很恰当。
Zhège bǐyù yòng de hěn qiàdàng.
This metaphor is very aptly used.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恰当
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Questions about 比喻
How is 比喻 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 比喻 (bǐyù, "Parable (analogy - metaphor)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 比喻 an HSK word?
Yes — 比喻 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 比喻?
The dictionary page for 比喻 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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