山海经 | [Shān Hǎi Jīng, ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄥ, 山 海 经 / 山 海 經] Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc #49,020 [Add to Longdo] |
譬喻 | [pì yù, ㄆㄧˋ ㄩˋ, 譬 喻] simile; rhetorical comparison (that contains an explicit link word 如同, 好比 "like", "just like") #91,320 [Add to Longdo] |
郢书燕说 | [Yǐng shū Yān shuō, ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ, 郢 书 燕 说 / 郢 書 燕 說] words distorted in reading (成语 saw); cf letter from Chu 楚 capital Ying 郢|郢 contains inadvertent words "hold up the candle" that minister of Yan 燕 puzzles out to mean "brilliant prospects" #453,435 [Add to Longdo] |
摩诃婆罗多 | [Mó hē pó luó duō, ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄆㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄨㄛ, 摩 诃 婆 罗 多 / 摩 訶 婆 羅 多] Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after Rāmāyana 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那, possibly originally c. 4th century BC; contains many reference to people and lands in central Asia called China [Add to Longdo] |
蕴和 | [yùn hé, ㄩㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊ, 蕴 和 / 蘊 和] to contain (e.g. poem contains feelings); contained in [Add to Longdo] |