降伏
xiáng fú
Pinyin

Definition

降伏
 - 
xiáng fú
  1. to subdue
  2. to vanquish
  3. to tame

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下降
xià jiàng
  1. 1 to decline
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to fall
  4. 4 to go down
  5. 5 to decrease
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
潜伏
qián fú
  1. 1 to hide
  2. 2 to cover up
  3. 3 to conceal
降
jiàng
  1. 1 to drop
  2. 2 to fall
  3. 3 to come down
  4. 4 to descend
降低
jiàng dī
  1. 1 to reduce
  2. 2 to lower
  3. 3 to bring down
降温
jiàng wēn
  1. 1 to become cooler
  2. 2 to lower the temperature
  3. 3 cooling
  4. 4 (of interest, activity etc) to decline
降临
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
伏
Fú
  1. 1 surname Fu
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
伏特加
fú tè jiā
  1. 1 vodka (loanword)
伏笔
fú bǐ
  1. 1 foreshadowing (literary device)
  2. 2 foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
光伏
guāng fú
  1. 1 photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
埋伏
mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
空降
kōng jiàng
  1. 1 to drop from the sky
  2. 2 (fig.) to appear out of nowhere
  3. 3 (attributive) airborne
起伏
qǐ fú
  1. 1 to move up and down
  2. 2 to undulate
  3. 3 ups and downs
降价
jiàng jià
  1. 1 to cut the price
  2. 2 to drive down the price
  3. 3 to get cheaper
降压
jiàng yā
  1. 1 to reduce the pressure (of a fluid)
  2. 2 to lower one's blood pressure
  3. 3 to lower (or step down) the voltage
降水
jiàng shuǐ
  1. 1 rain and snow
  2. 2 precipitation (meteorology)

Idioms (12)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
伏龙凤雏
fú lóng fèng chú
  1. 1 hidden genius (idiom)
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
喜从天降
xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news
  2. 2 unlooked-for happy event
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
  1. 1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
从天而降
cóng tiān ér jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
  3. 3 to arise abruptly
  4. 4 out of the blue
  5. 5 to drop into one's lap
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
老骥伏枥
lǎo jì fú lì
  1. 1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥，志在千里
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
降龙伏虎
xiáng lóng fú hǔ
  1. 1 to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)

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