Through a comparative study of water metaphor in Chinese culture and Western culture, this paper attempts to discuss the similarities and dissimilarities in cross-culture metaphor.

• 摘要笔者试图从跨文化领域来对中西方文化中有关“水”的隐喻做对比研究，以期发现他们的不同和相同之处及导致这种现象的原因。