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