Lan W.

As we know, “借喻” (metonymy) is a kind of analogy while “借代” (synecdoche) is not. They look very alike in most cases, but they are different rhetoric. In the following sentence, is “借喻” or “借代”... more

I am fond of the simile structure "I eat like a wolf" or "The light flickered like a candle" in English. I never know how to express these thoughts in Chinese though, even if I know the underlying... more