末伏

末

• 期末 qī mò ㄑㄧ ㄇㄛˋ kei4 mut6 the end of a term or semester (in school)
• 末日 mò rì ㄇㄛˋ ㄖˋ mut6 jat6 last day
• 末期 mò qī ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧ mut6 kei4 end (of a period)
• 周末 週末 zhōu mò ㄓㄡ ㄇㄛˋ zau1 mut6 weekend
• 且末 Qiě mò ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄛˋ ce2 mut6 see 且末县

伏

• 埋伏 mái fú ㄇㄞˊ ㄈㄨˊ maai4 fuk6 to ambush
• 起伏 qǐ fú ㄑㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ hei2 fuk6 to move up and down
• 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
• 三伏 sān fú ㄙㄢ ㄈㄨˊ saam1 fuk6 the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏, 中伏 and 末伏, which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August
• 中伏 zhōng fú ㄓㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˊ zung1 fuk6 the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year

• 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ bun2 mut6 dou2 zi3 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
• 强弩之末 強弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄋㄨˇ ㄓ ㄇㄛˋ koeng4 nou5 zi1 mut6 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
• 穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ kung4 tou4 mut6 lou6 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse

• 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú ㄘˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧˇ ㄈㄨˊ ci2 hei2 bei2 fuk6 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
• 伏龙凤雏 伏龍鳳雛 fú lóng fèng chú ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄈㄥˋ ㄔㄨˊ fuk6 lung4 fung6 co1 hidden genius (idiom)
• 老骥伏枥 老驥伏櫪 lǎo jì fú lì ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ lou5 kei3 fuk6 lik1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations