伏笔

Traditional form:

伏筆

Pinyin (reading):

fúbǐ

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
• 笔 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke

Traditional characters:

• 伏 - to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal
• 筆 - pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke