noun
隐喻，暗喻。
The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, since use of those words would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.
老师解释说，隐喻，比如“世界是个舞台”，通过把复杂的概念比作我们熟悉的事物，帮助我们理解这些概念。(Lǎoshī jiěshì shuō, yǐnyù, bǐrú “shìjiè shì ge wǔtái”, tōngguò bǎ fùzá de gàiniàn bǐzuò wǒmen shúxī de shìwù, bāngzhù wǒmen lǐjiě zhèxiē gàiniàn.)
