surname Yu

= + : Yu the Great (yu) and Yu Xiulian (俞) are competing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Their subject is a mandarin (口) floating between them, and they both try and find better and better metaphors (喻) and allegories (喻) about the mandarin.
to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory

= + : Yu the Great (yu) and Yu Xiulian (俞) are competing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Their subject is a mandarin (口) floating between them, and they both try and find better and better metaphors (喻) and allegories (喻) about the mandarin.

喻 character breakdown

surname Yu

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the heroine Yu Xiulian 俞秀莲.

Yu Xiulian (俞) is really mad at the Yu the Great (yu) for stealing her pointed cap (亼) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She is so mad that she wants to cut off Yu the Great's legs (刖) with a kitchen knife (刖), but she has to ask the moon (刖) first. As the moon gives his OK (俞), Yu the Great bursts out in tears and Yu Xiulian finally shows mercy.
variant of 腧[shu4]
yes (used by Emperor or ruler) / OK / to accede / to assent

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the heroine Yu Xiulian 俞秀莲.

Yu Xiulian (俞) is really mad at the Yu the Great (yu) for stealing her pointed cap (亼) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She is so mad that she wants to cut off Yu the Great's legs (刖) with a kitchen knife (刖), but she has to ask the moon (刖) first. As the moon gives his OK (俞), Yu the Great bursts out in tears and Yu Xiulian finally shows mercy.
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 喻 as component

喻 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 喻

(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
to be impervious to reason (idiom) / unreasonable
understood by everyone (idiom); well known / a household name
it goes without saying; it is self-evident
it goes without saying / it is self-evident
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]
to use sth as a metaphor
to borrow the past as a model for the present

Sentences with 喻

nà
jiǎn
zhí
jiù
shì
wú
kě
bǐ
yù