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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
lying down / to lie prostrate / prone
to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
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
foreshadowing (literary device)
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)
ambush / to ambush
(loanword) volt
foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
incubation period (of disease)
voltmeter
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
summer flood
to be executed
(loanword) vodka
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
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
danger lurks on every side (idiom)
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
Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
to be executed
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
hidden stream / ground stream
hidden genius (idiom)
to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night
electron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)
to subdue a tiger / fig. to prevail over sinister forces
to prepare an ambush / to waylay
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉, Shaanxi
to hide / to cover up / to conceal
to lie prostrate
kilovolt
to mark the start of the hottest period of the year, known as 三伏天
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
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 obey / faithfully following instructions / to admit guilt
to crouch (of animal)
Avogadro's number (chemistry)
to hide / to lie low
nucleus accumbens (anatomy)
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind
see 初伏
hibernation / living in seclusion
to subdue / to vanquish / to tame
push-up (exercise)
to pacify / to calm / calm / quiet / to lie on one's belly
giga electron volt GeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁰ joules)
hidden troops / ambush
electronvolt (eV)
Volgograd, Russian city on the Volga River 伏爾加河|伏尔加河
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
to crouch / to lie prone
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait)
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
tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
variant of 壓服|压服
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
variant of 伏羲
variant of 服罪
variant of 服侍
variant of 收服
variant of 匍匐
variant of 服辯|服辩
variant of 服輸|服输


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