伏笔伏筆

fú bǐ

Meaning

foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)

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Characters

伏fúto crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal亻犬笔bǐpen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke⺮毛