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设伏

shè fú

2-character word Traditional 設伏

What 设伏 means

1. to prepare an ambush
2. to waylay

The characters in 设伏

• 设shèto set up; to put in place; (math) given; suppose; if
• 伏fúto lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush)

Sounds the same

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

• 慑服to overawe; to be scared into submission

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