Table 2 The most entrenched metaphor tokens of the four conceptual metaphors in CPD
From: Winds and tigers: metaphor choice in China’s anti-corruption discourse
Metaphor | DISEASE | VERMIN | WEED | SLOVENRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MEMT | 四风 Si feng “Four winds” | 老虎 Laohu “Tiger” | 滋生 Zisheng “Grow and spread” | 亮丑 Liang chou “Expose ugliness” |
TAE | 2630 | 1120 | 460 | 479 |