寓話 — meaning in English
guuwa
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English meaning
- allegory noun A story, picture, or other work whose characters and events stand for a deeper, often moral or political, meaning.
- fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
- parable noun A short story used to teach a moral or spiritual lesson through comparison.
Senses
寓話 is used for these senses in English:
- allegory (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
- fable A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- parable A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
fable — full definition
- noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
- noun A made-up story or claim; something untrue.
- verb To make up and tell a story as though it were true.