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出伏

chū fú

2-character word

What 出伏 means

1. to come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as {三伏|sān fú})

The characters in 出伏

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)

Sounds the same

Read chū fú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 初伏the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏

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