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中伏

Mandarin · pinyin zhōng fú#

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

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng fú#

to be ambushed

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中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
伏: fú · crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal

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1–2 · zhong1 fu2

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zung3 fuk6

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noun

the middle fu (from late-July to early-August, among the three fus (三伏 (sānfú)), the hottest periods of summer)

verb

(verb-object) to be ambushed; to fall into an ambush
(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, figurative) to be fooled; to experience something below expectation

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