Death is often compared to sleep.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
比作
to liken to
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to liken to
02
to compare to
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 比作 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 比作 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Reading a book can be compared to making a journey.
Life is often compared to a journey.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 比作.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 比作.
Directly before
- 可以比作2
- 人生比作1
- 它比作1
- 死亡比作1
- 自然语言比作1
Directly after
- 比作一棵2
- 比作一场1
- 比作一次1
- 比作睡眠1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 比作
What does 比作 mean in Chinese?
比作 (bǐzuò) means to liken to.
How do you pronounce 比作?
比作 is pronounced bǐzuò.
Is 比作 an HSK word?
比作 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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