A literary, dramatic, or pictorial device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles, or forces, so that the literal sense has or suggests a parallel, deeper symbolic sense.
寓言, 讽喻一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术手法, 其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力, 从而使表面含义含有或表达一种对等的, 但更深刻的象征意义
The cross is symbolic of Christianity.
十字架是基督教的象徵.