Could someone clarify the different ways of how to say "Something symbolizes something else"? (In a literary sense). I know that we could say
”白色象征纯洁。“ But could we use 象征 as a noun?
ex。 “作者用“白色” 来做象征“ (or is it 比喻?)
I Hope the question is clear. My man goal is to figure out the proper way to describe symbology in literature in Chinese!
use something to do/make a symbolization (做象征) for something else
sounds worse thansomething symbolizes something else
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