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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yù | Yu4
English translation
surname Yu
to describe sth as
an analogy
a simile
a metaphor
an allegory
metaphor, analogy; example; such as, like

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口俞

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín fàng 风筝 fēng zhēng de 故事 gùshì 已经 yǐjīng 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo .

The story of Franklin's kite is known everywhere.

人家 rénjiā 肥猪 zǎi le , yòu 施舍 shī shě 猪蹄 zhū tí . ( jiǎ 善人 shàn rén )

He steals a hog, and gives the feet in alms.

zài 比喻 bǐyù de 意义 yìyì shǎng ,关在 láo le .

He imprisoned her, in a figurative sense.

[ yàn ] zhuǎn Shí shēng tái ;[]转业 zhuǎn yè 不聚 cái .

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

好象 hǎo xiàng duì 铁路 tiě lù 公司 gōngsī bào zhāo zhǒng 意气消沉 xiāo chén , 不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù de 恐惧 kǒngjù 心理 xīnlǐ .

He seems to have conceived an abject, unreasoned terror of the Railroad.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
比喻 bǐyù to compare比喻 bǐyù
an analogy
不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù unreasonable不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù
不言而喻 bùyánéryù it goes without saying不言而喻 bùyánéryù
家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo a household name家喻戶曉
隐喻 yǐn yù metaphor隱喻
暗喻 àn yù metaphor暗喻 àn yù
言喻 yán yù to describe言喻 yán yù
明喻 míng yù simile明喻 míng yù
譬喻 pì yù analogy譬喻 pì yù
理喻 lǐ yù to reason with sb理喻 lǐ yù
不可言喻 bù kě yán yù inexpressible (idiom)不可言喻 bù kě yán yù
自喻 zì yù to refer to oneself as自喻 zì yù
讽喻 fěng yù parable諷喻
借喻 jiè yù to use sth as a metaphor借喻 jiè yù

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Decomposition

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