to lie prostrate, to bend over, to hide
Animated Stroke Order 伏
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HSK Vocabulary: 伏
Example Sentences
He works at his desk for ten hours every day.
The soldiers set up an ambush in the valley.
The terrain of these hills has great undulations.
The soldiers are ambushed in the woods.
The police set up an ambush at the intersection, waiting for the suspect to appear.
He always feels that someone is lying in ambush in the dark, ready to frame him.
The mountains have ups and downs.
His emotions fluctuate greatly.
The fluctuations in the economic situation have affected market confidence.
The sounds on the mountain rise and fall one after another.
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Cultural note
Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.
Learn how the Five Elements describe personality