to lean over

surname Fu; 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

person (亻) + dog (犬) = lying low, hiding

A person crouching down beside a dog captures the posture of lying low, hiding, or submitting — a dog at your side keeps you grounded, still, and close to the earth.

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A personSemantic
A dogSemantic

他趴在桌上,头在手臂上睡着了。

tā pā zài zhuō shang, tóu fú zài shǒu bì shang shuì zháo le。

he lay face down on the desk, his head resting on his arms, and fell asleep.

士兵们在草丛中埋,等待敌人靠近。

shì bīng men zài cǎo cóng zhōng mái fú, děng dài dí rén kào jìn。

the soldiers lay in ambush in the grass, waiting for the enemy to come closer.

Words with 伏

阿伏伽德罗

ā fú jiā dé luó

Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist

阿伏伽德罗常数

ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù

Avogadro's number (chemistry)

降伏

xiáng fú

to subdue

降龙伏虎

xiáng lóng fú hǔ

to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)

隐伏

yǐn fú

to hide

电子伏

diàn zǐ fú

electron volt (unit of energy used in particle physics, approximately 10⁻¹⁹ joules)

电子伏特

diàn zǐ fú tè

electronvolt (eV)

头伏

tóu fú

see 初伏[chu1 fu2]

三伏

sān fú

the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August

三伏天

sān fú tiān

see 三伏[san1 fu2]

中伏

zhōng fú

the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year

中伏

zhòng fú

to be ambushed

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