ẩn dụ
Pronunciation
Northern
/ə̰n˧˩˧ zṵʔ˨˩/
Central
/əŋ˧˩˨ jṵ˨˨/
Southern
/əŋ˨˩˦ ju˨˩˨/
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
metaphor School & Education
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A figure of speech where a word is used to represent something else directly.
vi Tác giả đã sử dụng một phép ẩn dụ rất hay.
en The author used a very good metaphor.
Parts
ẩn / dụ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 隱喻 …
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Parts
ẩn / dụ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 隱喻 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 隱喻
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
隱喻
Candidates by syllable
ẩn
隱
dụ
誘（喻 / 諭）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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ăn đủ / ẩn chứa / ẩn / ẩn sĩ …
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Similar
ăn đủ / ẩn chứa / ẩn / ẩn sĩ …
Use
ẩn náu / ở ẩn / ẩn giấu / ẩn số …
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Use
ẩn náu / ở ẩn / ẩn giấu / ẩn số …