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初伏

chū fú

2-character word

What 初伏 means

1. the first of the three annual periods of hot weather ({三伏|sān fú}), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days

The characters in 初伏

• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)

Sounds the same

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

• 出伏to come to the end of the hottest period of the year (known as 三伏