Metaphors in Chinese

We learned the comparison structure "像...一样" in the previous blog. We can use this phrase in metaphors. For example, 

她像玫瑰一样漂亮。
 Tā xiàng méiguī yiyàng piàoliang.
She is as beautiful as the rose. 

You can also create metaphoric constructions by 
1. Using 像 (xiàng): 
　她的眼睛像黑钻石。 (tā de yǎnjīng xiàng hēi zuànshí) Her eyes looks like black diamonds. 
2. or without metaphor words: 
　她是天使，他是雄狮。 (tā shì tiānshǐ, tā shì xióngshī) She is an angel and he is a lion.


Please read the following sentences and identify the metaphorical usages in them.


曲曲折折的荷塘上面，弥望的是田田的叶子。叶子出水很高，像亭亭的舞女的裙。
Qū qūzhé zhé de hétáng shàngmiàn, mí wàng de shì tián tián de yèzi. Yè zǐ chūshuǐ hěn gāo, xiàng tíngtíng de wǔnǚ de qún.
All over this winding stretch of water, what meets the eye is a silken field of leaves, reaching rather high above the surface, like the skirts of dancing girls in all their grace. 


微风过处，送来缕缕清香，仿佛远处高楼上渺茫的歌声似的。
Wéifēngguò chù, sòng lái lǚlǚ qīngxiāng, fǎngfú yuǎn chù gāolóu shàng miǎománg de gēshēng shì de.
A breeze stirs, sending over breaths of fragrance, like faint singing drifting from a distant building. 


这时候叶子与花也有一丝的颇动，像闪电般，霎时传过荷塘的那边去了。
Zhè shíhòu yèzi yú huā yěyǒu yīsī de pō dòng, xiàng shǎndiàn bān, shàshí chuánguò hétáng dì nà biān qùle.
At this moment, a tiny thrill shoots through the leaves and lilies, like, a streak of lightning, straight across the forest of lotuses. 

(selected from  《荷塘月色》, Moonlight over the Lotus Pond, by 朱自清 Zhu Ziqing. )


Reference:
http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/2015-10/12/content_22160614.htm