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to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
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)
HSK 7-9
to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush
HSK 7-9
to hide / to cover up / to conceal
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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
the third of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically runs over the middle ten days of August
kilovolt
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits)
the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
to lie prostrate
vodka (loanword)
to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up
foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
hibernation / living in seclusion
(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
to subdue a tiger / fig. to prevail over sinister forces
ambush / to ambush
Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
see 三伏
volt (loanword)
to subdue / to vanquish / to tame
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
hidden troops / ambush
to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
to be ambushed
to hide / to lie low
to be executed
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
to be executed
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
to come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as 三伏)
to prepare an ambush / to waylay
to mark the start of the hottest period of the year, known as 三伏天
see 初伏
thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind
to overpower / to overwhelm / to subdue / to check / to control
hidden stream / ground stream
to lie prostrate
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
summer flood
variant of 服辯|服辩
photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
to crouch (of animal)
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
see 三伏
to crouch / to lie prone
to pacify / to calm / calm / quiet / to lie on one's belly
variant of 壓服|压服
variant of 收服
variant of 匍匐
to lie in wait / to ambush / to conceal sth
nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night
voltmeter
hidden genius (idiom)
foreshadowing (literary device)
Voodoo
push-up (exercise)
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
Avogadro's number (chemistry)
electronvolt (eV)
tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
Volgograd, Russian city on the Volga River 伏爾加河|伏尔加河
Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander
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)
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
variant of 服侍
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
Volga River
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉, Shaanxi
variant of 伏羲
variant of 服罪
Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
lying down / to lie prostrate / prone
variant of 服輸|服输
nucleus accumbens (anatomy)
photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)
to obey / faithfully following instructions / to admit guilt
incubation period (of disease)
electron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)


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