Examples of using Simile in English and their translations into Vietnamese
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Ask a Simile Question.
I shall use still another simile.
Simile(compares two things).
This is why I use the simile of a car battery.
Anelaphus simile is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
By Castor lived so people have the habit simile it as father and mother for grass patio.
Consider this simile: on a Buddhist shrine a candle is burnt low and is about to go out.
But, as I understand it, Buddhi represents in this simile the forest, and Manas-taijasi† the trees.
This simile is found in the Visuddhimagga("The Path of Purification") and in the other commentarial literature.
Literary devices like metaphor and simile add variety and depth to your poetry.
In the simile of the campfire, the fire is now roaring and very hot and can now burn the wet and sappy logs.
But as I understand it, Ego-Buddhi represents in this simile the forest and the personal minds the trees.
Write a metaphor or simile and then explain to someone why your metaphor works or what it means to you.
But we ordinary mortals who have not reached Samma-Sambuddha,how are we to understand this simile?
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you regularly see in print.
But we ordinary mortals who have not reached Samma-Sambuddha,how can we be expected to realize this simile?
If I give up the simile, it does not bring a termination; unless there is an ending, how can there be a new beginning?
This point has to be emphasized because many people, even some great scholars,have misunderstood and misinterpreted this simile as referring to Nirvāṇa.
And this meaning should be illustrated by the simile of the water on the road, as it was by the simile of the oil-smearing on the bowl.
But in the Timaeus, Plato goes one step beyond his earlier teaching when he represents the contact of the Form or Idea with the world of space andtime by an extension of his simile.
Comparing two things, either with a metaphor, simile, or direct comparison, helps your reader make connections and deepens your writing.
According to this simile, six animals having different habits and diverse fields of action are tied together in one knot by a strong rope.
But the Masters'“houses” are merely passage ways for the sunlight, and Their bodies are but lenses-to use another simile- from which the rays of life spread outward with concentrated intensity.
This is a material simile, but one has to understand the action of buddhi, which is essentially formless, in terms that will explain it to the mind.
Notes==: a. The original Latindescription of"N. jamban" reads:"N. jacquelineae" simile sed peristomii operculo valde porcato neque lato expanso, ascidii super valde abrupte infundibuliformibun et pedicellis in toto uniflorius differt.
This simple yet meaningful simile gives us some idea how to use our common sense to understand that we create heaven and hell according to our own mental attitude.
The Buddha once used the simile of ocean water to illustrate the harmony which can be experienced by people who have learnt to cast aside their racial arrogance: Different rivers have different names.