Trope

套路

tàolù

(art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)

梗

gěng

(art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)

橋段 /桥段

qiáoduàn

(art, literature: something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)

比喻

bǐyù

(rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)

譬喻

pìyù

(rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning)