粵

伏fuk6筆bat1

simp伏笔
fuk6 bat1fú bǐ

English

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

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 敍述嘅時候為後來情節預先埋下嘅伏線

Examples

  • 《紅樓夢》有詩詞做伏筆,暗示人物嘅命運。 ("hung4 lau4 mung6" jau5 si1 ci4 zou6 fuk6 bat1, am3 si6 jan4 mat6 ge3 ming6 wan6.)

    In "Dream of the Red Chamber", poetry works were added as foreshadowing to imply the fate of characters.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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