Chinese symbol for “parable”
讽喻
fěng yù
Traditional: 諷喻
parable; allegory; satire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parable is 讽喻 (fěng yù), defined as: parable; allegory; satire.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “parable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 讽喻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讽刺 (諷刺) | fěng cì | to satirize; to mock |
| 嘲讽 (嘲諷) | cháo fěng | to sneer at; to ridicule |
| 讥讽 (譏諷) | jī fěng | to satirize; to ridicule |
| 冷嘲热讽 (冷嘲熱諷) | lěng cháo rè fěng | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule |
| 反讽 (反諷) | fǎn fěng | irony; to satirize |
| 比喻 | bǐ yù | to compare; to liken to |
| 隐喻 (隱喻) | yǐn yù | metaphor |
| 家喻户晓 (家喻戶曉) | jiā yù hù xiǎo | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.