jiā yù hù xiǎo 
		understood by everyone (idiom); well known
a household name
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yù 
		to describe sth as
an analogy
a simile
a metaphor
an allegory
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ yù 
		to compare
to liken to
metaphor
analogy
figure of speech
figuratively
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù yán ér yù 
		it goes without saying
it is self-evident
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù kě lǐ yù 
		to be impervious to reason (idiom)
unreasonable
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jiè gǔ yù jīn 
		to borrow the past as a model for the present
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bǐ yù yì 
		figurative meaning (of a word)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yù shì Míng yán 
		another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2]