大脑 大腦 dà nǎo brain / cerebrum 脑海 腦海 nǎo hǎi the mind / the brain syn 比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively syn 脑瘤 腦瘤 nǎo liú brain tumor 隐喻 隱喻 yǐn yù metaphor 脑细胞 腦細胞 nǎo xì bāo brain cell 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 脑瓜 腦瓜 nǎo guā skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas syn 暗喻 àn yù metaphor 航空母舰 航空母艦 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like) 脑膜 腦膜 nǎo mó meninx / meninges / membranes lining the brain 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 冲昏头脑 衝昏頭腦 chōng hūn tóu nǎo lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom) / fig. excited and unable to act rationally / to go to one's head syn 小脑 小腦 xiǎo nǎo cerebellum (part of the brain) 脑髓 腦髓 nǎo suǐ brain tissue / gray matter / brain / medulla syn 脑室 腦室 nǎo shì ventricles of the brain syn 比拟 比擬 bǐ nǐ to compare / to draw a parallel / to match / analogy / metaphor / comparison syn 冰霜 bīng shuāng (literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness) 连珠炮 連珠砲 lián zhū pào barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech) 走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs) 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 脑病 腦病 nǎo bìng brain disease / encephalopathy 动脑 動腦 dòng nǎo to use one's brain 人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent 包拯 bāo zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician 脑波 腦波 nǎo bō brain wave / EEG 譬喻 pì yù analogy / metaphor / simile syn 脑损伤 腦損傷 nǎo sǔn shāng brain damage 脑干 腦幹 nǎo gàn brain stem 脑死亡 腦死亡 nǎo sǐ wáng brain death 脑肿瘤 腦腫瘤 nǎo zhǒng liú brain tumor 脑 腦 nǎo brain / mind / head / essence syn 喻 yù to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 椿 chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) / tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) / (literary metaphor) father syn 半乳糖 bàn rǔ táng galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar 借喻 jiè yù to use sth as a metaphor 断线风筝 斷線風箏 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore) syn 计算机比喻 計算機比喻 jì suàn jī bǐ yù computer metaphor 借指 jiè zhǐ to refer to / metaphor 洪炉 洪爐 hóng lú great furnace (metaphor for a place where character is forged) 永不生锈的螺丝钉 永不生銹的螺絲釘 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed 无头苍蝇 無頭蒼蠅 wú tóu cāng ying headless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically) 脱缰野马 脫韁野馬 tuō jiāng yě mǎ a wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild) 牛毛 niú máo ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate) 跪乳 guì rǔ (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial piety) 如来佛的掌心 如來佛的掌心 rú lái fó de zhǎng xīn the palm of the Buddha's hand (a metaphor for a higher authority or force from whose control one cannot break free, from 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2 Ji4], "Journey to the West") 才外流 cái wài liú brain drain 大脑死亡 大腦死亡 dà nǎo sǐ wáng brain death 脑成像技术 腦成像技術 nǎo chéng xiàng jì shù brain imaging technique 脑功能特化 腦功能特化 nǎo gōng néng tè huà specialization of brain function 脑血管屏障 腦血管屏障 nǎo xuè guǎn píng zhàng blood brain barrier 外侧裂周区 外側裂周區 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 智囊机构 智囊機構 zhì náng jī gòu think tank / brain trust 传入神经 傳入神經 chuán rù shén jīng afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron syn 人才外流 rén cái wài liú brain drain 传出神经 傳出神經 chuán chū shén jīng efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve syn 基底动脉 基底動脈 jī dǐ dòng mài basilar artery (central artery of the brain) 外侧裂週圍 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 失语 失語 shī yǔ to let slip / loss of speech (e.g. as a result of brain damage) / aphasia 烟雾症 煙霧症 yān wù zhèng moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan) 纵纹 縱紋 zòng wén stria longitudinalis (in the brain) 脑力激荡法 腦力激盪法 nǎo lì jī dàng fǎ brain storming 脑胀 腦脹 nǎo zhàng lit. brain swelling / dizzy / light-headed / intoxicated 角回 jiǎo huí angular gyrus (convolution of the brain) 脑机接口 腦機接口 nǎo jī jiē kǒu brain-computer interface 人才回流 rén cái huí liú brain gain 器质性脑综合征 qì zhì xìng nǎo zōng hé zhēng organic brain syndrome 血脑屏障 blood-brain barrier 轻微脑损伤 qīng wēi nǎo sǔn shāng minimal brain damage 国内人才流失 國內人才流失 guó nèi rén cái liú shī internal brain drain 国际脑科研究组织 國際腦科研究組織 International Brain Research Organization 人才循环 人才循環 brain circulation 外侧裂周围 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech 脑袋开花 腦袋開花 nǎo dài kāi huā to blow one's brain out 胸大无脑 胸大無腦 xiōng dà wú nǎo (having) big boobs but no brain / bimbo 脑液 腦液 nǎo yè brain fluid 脑叶 腦葉 nǎo yè lobe of the brain 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 脑花 腦花 nǎo huā brain (served as a culinary dish) 