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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
photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
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
the hottest part of summer sets in
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush
HSK 7-9
(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
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
one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
mega electron volt (MeV) (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10⁻¹³ joules)
electron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)
to prepare an ambush / to waylay
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
to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up
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)
to hide / to lie low
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
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)
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)
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
variant of 收服
variant of 匍匐


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