How do you say “metaphor” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "metaphor" in Vietnamese?

"Metaphor" in Vietnamese is ẩn dụ (metaphor).

“Metaphor” in Vietnamese is ẩn dụ (metaphor).

Vietnamese words for “metaphor”

ẩn dụnoun
Hanoi [ʔən˧˩ zu˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔəŋ˨˩˦ jʊw˨˩˨]ẩn dipping dụ heavy
metaphor
for “metaphor” meaning: The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word

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