Category:Chinese metonyms

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Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. 之乎者也
  2. 巾幗
  3. 七閩
  4. 旌旗
  5. 三湘
  6. 鹹豬手
  7. 瀟湘
  8. 南冠
  9. 戴勝
  10. 柘袍
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. 蛾眉
  2. 北京
  3. 卡路里
  4. 中南海
  5. 社稷
  6. 面孔
  7. 白刃

Chinese terms whose origin involves calling a thing or concept not by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.


Pages in category "Chinese metonyms"

The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.