Word information
Simplified埋伏
Traditional埋伏
Pinyinmáifú
Part of speech动
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.06
Character breakdown
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How to learn 埋伏
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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埋mái
to bury
此起彼伏cǐqǐ-bǐfúup 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)
埋藏máicángto bury; to hide by burying; hidden
埋没máimòto engulf; to bury; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
埋头苦干máitóu-kǔgànto bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
埋葬máizàngto bury