伏fuk6線sin3

English

1. foreshadowing (literary device)
2. event that foreshadows something; subordinate plot

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 作為未來情況嘅預兆或者提示嘅事件（量詞：條）

Examples

• 幾個國家嘅對外擴張被視為埋下大戰嘅伏線。

  Expansion of several states is seen as an underlying cause of the war.