伏 fú

crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal

HSK 6 #1389

DEFINITIONS

伏 fú
  • surname Fu
  • to lean over
  • to fall (go down)
  • to hide (in ambush)
  • to conceal oneself
  • to lie low
  • hottest days of summer
  • to submit
  • to concede defeat
  • to overcome
  • to subdue
  • volt

STROKES

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WORDS

埋伏 mái fú
HSK 6
to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
起伏 qǐ fú
HSK 6
to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
伏特 fú tè volt (loanword)
伏击 fú jī ambush; to ambush
潜伏 qián fú to hide; to cover up; to conceal
伏法 fú fǎ to be executed
危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú danger lurks on every side (idiom)
制伏 zhì fú to overpower; to overwhelm; to subdue; to check; to control
伏尔泰 fú ěr tài Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
伏兵 fú bīng hidden troops; ambush
潜伏期 qián fú qī incubation period (of disease)
蛰伏 zhé fú hibernation; living in seclusion
千伏 qiān fú kilovolt
此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
降伏 xiáng fú to subdue; to vanquish; to tame
伏罪 fú zuì variant of 服罪[fu2 zui4]
打埋伏 dǎ mái fu to lie in wait; to ambush; to conceal sth
蹲伏 dūn fú to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
三伏天 sān fú tiān three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)
伏天 fú tiān the hottest period of the year; see 三伏天[san1 fu2 tian1]
伏笔 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
老骥伏枥 lǎo jì fú lì lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
蜷伏 quán fú to curl up; to lie with knees drawn up; to huddle up
隐伏 yǐn fú to hide; to lie low
三伏 sān fú three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)
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