







foreshadowed it
laid the groundwork
set the stage
By holding in rather than venting "steam", we set the stage for future explosions.
To that extent, at least, he had prepared the ground for Libya.

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Open the tool →埋下了伏笔 (mái xià le fú bǐ) means “foreshadowed it, laid the groundwork, set the stage”.
埋下了伏笔 is pronounced mái xià le fú bǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
“foreshadowed it” is 埋下了伏笔 (mái xià le fú bǐ) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 埋下了伏笔, each with pinyin and an English translation.