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伏
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Definitions
- 1. to lean over
- 2. to fall (go down)
- 3. to hide (in ambush)
- 4. to conceal oneself
- 5. to lie low
- 6. hottest days of summer
- 7. to submit
- 8. to concede defeat
- 9. to overcome
- 10. to subdue
- 11. volt
Example Sentences
1 shown有埋 伏 ！
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Words Containing 伏
incubation period (of disease)
tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
ambush
to subdue a tiger
hibernation
hidden genius (idiom)
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
Volgograd, Russian city on the Volga River 伏爾加河|伏尔加河[fú ěr jiā hé]
photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)
see 初伏[chū fú]
nucleus accumbens (anatomy)
Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander
Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
to be ambushed
to pacify
to crouch
to prepare an ambush
to hide
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
to come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as 三伏[sān fú])
to curl up
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
to be executed
lying down
volt (loanword)
to crouch (of animal)
to lie in wait
to subdue
the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
summer flood
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
electronvolt (eV)
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
Volga River
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
vodka (loanword)
Avogadro's number (chemistry)
to crouch
to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)
to hide
hidden stream
hidden troops
see 三伏[sān fú]
thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
foreshadowing (literary device)
see 此起彼伏[cǐ qǐ bǐ fú]
voltmeter
to obey
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
kilovolt
to overpower
(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
push-up (exercise)
nocturnal
to lie prostrate
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chū fú], 中伏[zhōng fú] and 末伏[mò fú], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
to lie prostrate
to ambush
中伏[zhōng fú]
to mark the start of the hottest period of the year, known as 三伏天[sān fú tiān]
see 三伏[sān fú]
volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
Voodoo
to be executed
to move up and down