"Figuratively" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively |   |
| 吐血 | tù xiě | to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) | |
| 旗号 | qí hào | military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose") / flag signal / semaphore | |
| 搏杀 | bó shā | to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) | |
| 毫毛 | háo máo | fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4hao2mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way") | |
| 小钢炮 | xiǎo gāng pào | (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts) | |
