烘衬 meaning in Chinese
set off by contrastserve as a foil to
Examples
- It can be traced as well to tang , song , yuan arid ming stories in which the little animal may stand for the lion , while the tiger would signify the " bigger animals " such as tiger , leopard , bear and elephant
唐宋元明人笔下已写到小兽食虎，以假虎烘衬真虎之威，往往以“大兽” （虎豹熊象）为参照，突出小兽（狮子）的某种独特之处。