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


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