(iii) Irony for fun
Irony for fun refers to the one that may create a relaxed atmosphere. For example:
这个“四十条”去年以来不吃香了，现在又“复辟”了。
(These forty articles went out of vogue last year but are now staging a “come back”.) [38]
Literally, “come back” is an expression of censure. But here it stands for a new starting of the forty articles. By using this word, the speech run smoothly under the light air.
(iv) Irony for affection
Irony is sometimes used to express strong affection. To make advances to others, people can use irony as a support. For example:
几个女人有点失望， 也有些伤心，各人在心里骂着自己的狠心贼。
(Disappointed and rather upset, each woman was secretly laying the blame on her heartless brute of a husband.) [39]
Seemingly, these women were blaming their husbands. Actually, that is not the case. They loved their husbands so much that irony was used to manifest their real affection indirectly by the author.
(v) Irony for emphasis
Irony can be approved in the following example that it can emphasize the opposite meaning.
Example:
我于是日日盼望新年，新年到，闰土也就到了。好容易到了年末，有一日，母亲告诉我，闰土来了，我便飞跑的去看。
（I looked forward every day to New Year, for New Year would bring Runtu. At last the end of the year came, and one day Mother told me that Runtu had come, and I flew to see him.）[40]
Here “好容易” can be easily understood as its real meaning “好不容易”.People can catch its meaning as this is an common expression in Chinese, say, “好不高兴”means “好高兴”，and so on.
6.3 The comparison between English irony and Chinese irony
There are both similarities and differences between English irony and Chinese irony. The similarities lie in some aspects. They are both used for satirizing, amusing and producing humor. It seems that the differences count much more than the similarities.
The differences between English irony and Chinese irony mainly lie in four points as follows.Firstly, the classification of English irony differs from that of Chinese irony. The four major types of irony in English are verbal, dramatic, situational and comic. To some extent, Chinese irony is included in English irony as verbal irony. Secondly, English irony depends on context to a larger extent while Chinese irony simply counts on words. Besides, irony for affection turns out to appear more frequently in Chinese irony than in English. Last but not the least, irony for emphasis can be regarded as a unique feature of Chinese irony since it could not be found in English.
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