Ⅰ ❶ (说明； 告知) explain; make clear; inform: 晓 ～ give explicit instructions; explain clearly; tell explicitly; ～ 之以理 reason with sb.; try to make sb. see reason ❷ (明白； 了解) understand; know: 不言而 ～ understand without being told; it goes without saying; 家 ～ 户晓 known to every household; widely known Ⅱ ❶ （比方） analogy: 比 ～ analogy; metaphor ❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 合 Yu He ◆喻以利害 explain its advantages and disadvantages; illustrate in [by] explaining advantages and disadvantages