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比喻

bǐ yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

比喻 (bǐ yù) means "to compare". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 比喻 means

1. to compare
2. to liken to
3. metaphor
4. analogy
5. figure of speech
6. figuratively

The characters in 比喻

• 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more adj. than noun; ratio
• 喻yùto describe sth as; an analogy; a simile

Example sentences

• 莎士比亚把世界比喻成一个舞台。
  Shāshìbǐyà bǎ shìjiè bǐyù chéng yī gè wǔtái.
  Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.

Words starting with 比喻

• 比喻义bǐ yù yìfigurative meaning (of a word)

Where 比喻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · béng–bǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǐ yù correctly.
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