潜伏
qián fú
Pinyin

Definition

潜伏
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qián fú
  1. to hide
  2. to cover up
  3. to conceal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

埋伏
mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
潜伏
qián fú
  1. 1 to hide
  2. 2 to cover up
  3. 3 to conceal
起伏
qǐ fú
  1. 1 to move up and down
  2. 2 to undulate
  3. 3 ups and downs
伏
Fú
  1. 1 surname Fu
伏案
fú àn
  1. 1 to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
伏特加
fú tè jiā
  1. 1 vodka (loanword)
伏笔
fú bǐ
  1. 1 foreshadowing (literary device)
  2. 2 foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
光伏
guāng fú
  1. 1 photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
三伏天
sān fú tiān
  1. 1 three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)
中伏
zhōng fú
  1. 1 last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year
伏地
fú dì
  1. 1 to lie prostrate
伏地魔
Fú dì mó
  1. 1 Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
伏天
fú tiān
  1. 1 the hottest period of the year
  2. 2 see 三伏天[sān fú tiān]
伏惟
fú wéi
  1. 1 to lie prostrate
  2. 2 to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
伏击
fú jī
  1. 1 ambush
  2. 2 to ambush
伏明霞
Fú Míng xiá
  1. 1 Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
伏法
fú fǎ
  1. 1 to be executed
伏尔加河
Fú ěr jiā Hé
  1. 1 Volga River

Idioms (8)

伏龙凤雏
fú lóng fèng chú
  1. 1 hidden genius (idiom)
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
  1. 1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
老骥伏枥
lǎo jì fú lì
  1. 1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥，志在千里
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
降龙伏虎
xiáng lóng fú hǔ
  1. 1 to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

口罩还不够，要保持一定的社交距离。新闻说病毒的潜伏期很长，有些患者没有症状，但已经受到感染了。
kǒuzhào hái bùgòu ，yào bǎochí yīdìng de shèjiāojùlí 。xīnwén shuō bìngdú de qiánfúqī hěn cháng ，yǒuxiē huànzhě méiyǒu zhèngzhuàng ，dàn yǐjīng shòudào gǎnrǎn le 。
Masks are not enough, you need to keep a certain social distance. The news said that the incubation period of the virus is very long. Some patients are asymptomatic, but they have been infected.
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现在说对不起有用吗？你以为你很了不起吗？我在你身边潜伏了一年，就是要找机会让你尝尝我父亲当时的痛苦。两三分钟后，你就会彻底晕死过去，而同时公安局也会爆炸。哈哈...... ”
xiànzài shuō duìbuqǐ yǒuyòng ma ？nǐ yǐwéi nǐ hěn liǎobuqǐ ma ？wǒ zài nǐ shēnbiān qiánfú le yī nián ，jiùshì yào zhǎo jīhuì ràng nǐ chángchang wǒ fùqin dāngshí de tòngkǔ 。liǎng sānfēnzhōng hòu ，nǐ jiù huì chèdǐ yūnsǐ guòqu ，ér tóngshí gōng\'ānjú yě huì bàozhà 。hāhā ...... ”
"What use do your apologies serve now? Did you think you were really that extraordinary? I've laid low by your side for a year, waiting for an opportunity to give you a taste of the suffering that my father felt. In a few minutes you'll faint completely and die as the police station explodes. Ha ha..."
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