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