埋伏
máifú
to lie in ambush; ambush
Every meaning
máifú
- ambush
- to lie in ambush
In the Library
他说：“什么都看不见，敌人又忽然来了，一定有埋伏。
现在他把城门大开，里面一定有埋伏。
空城计 · The Empty Fort Strategy: Zhuge Liang's famous bluff · HSK 5
Its characters
- 埋máito bury
- 伏fúto lie face down; to bend over
Words with 埋
Words with 伏
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).