This paper analyses the metaphors of Chinese plant terms and classifies two types of plant metaphors: assimilated metaphors and borrowed metaphors.

• 摘要分析了汉语植物词汇的隐喻，总结归纳出植物隐喻的两种方式：比拟性隐喻和借用性隐喻，说明了隐喻是人们认知事物的方式。