"Analogy" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively
比方 bǐ fang analogy / instance / for instance
比拟 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison
类比 lèi bǐ analogy / (Tw) (electronics) analog
譬喻 pì yù analogy / metaphor / simile
类推 lèi tuī to reason by analogy
映衬 yìng chèn to set off by contrast / antithesis / analogy parallelism (linguistics)
引申 yǐn shēn to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation
触类旁通 chù lèi páng tōng to comprehend (new things) by analogy
反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
生拉硬拽 shēng lā yìng zhuài to drag sb along against his will / to draw a forced analogy
喻 yù to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory
妄生穿凿 wàng shēng chuān záo a forced analogy (idiom) / to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
类比策略 lèi bǐ cè lu:è analogy strategies
类比错误 lèi bǐ cuò wù analogy error
官二代 guān èr dài children of officials / word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
鄙视链 bǐ shì liàn a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物鏈|食物链[shi2 wu4 lian4], food chain)
入关学 rù guān xué theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关[ru4 guan1]
校闹 xiào nào disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹[yi1nao4])
洗稿 xǐ gǎo to modify a text so it can be plagiarized without detection (neologism c. 2014, formed by analogy with 洗錢|洗钱[xi3 qian2], to launder money)
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