埋
伏

To ambush in Chinese: 埋伏 (mái fú)

mái fú

to ambush

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to ambush
  2. 2to lie in wait for
  3. 3to lie low
  4. 4ambush

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埋
伏

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ㄇㄞˊ

mái

ㄇ/ mㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄨˊ

fú

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 士兵们在树林里埋伏着。

    shì bīng men zài shù lín lǐ mái fú zhe。

    The soldiers lay in ambush in the woods.

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Related words

埋

mái

to bury

埋藏

mái cáng

to bury

埋没

mái mò

to engulf

埋怨

mán yuàn

to complain

起伏

qǐ fú

to move up and down

此起彼伏

cǐ qǐ bǐ fú

up here, down there (idiom)

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