Definition

Examples

• 这首诗运用了暗喻，表达了对故乡的思念。
  Zhè shǒu shī yùnyòng le àn yù, biǎodá le duì gùxiāng de sīniàn.
  This poem uses a metaphor to express longing for one's hometown.
• 老师让我们分析这个暗喻的深层含义。
  Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen fēnxī zhège àn yù de shēn céng hányì.
  The teacher asked us to analyze the deeper meaning of this metaphor.
• 暗喻是诗歌中常见的修辞手法。
  àn yù shì shīgē zhōng chángjiàn de xiūcí shǒufǎ.
  Metaphor is a common rhetorical device in poetry.