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藏身

cáng shēn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

藏身 (cáng shēn) means "to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 藏身 means

1. to hide
2. to go into hiding
3. to take refuge

The characters in 藏身

• 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor
• 身shēnbody; life; oneself

Example sentences

• 他藏身在灌木中以免他们发现。
  Tā cángshēn zài guànmù zhōng yǐmiǎn tāmen fāxiàn.
  He hid in the bushes so that they would not see him.
• 仔细搜寻敌人可能藏身的灌木丛。
  Investigate thoroughly the bushes where the enemy may be hiding.
• 我以为我们发现了绝妙的藏身之处，但警察找到了我们。
  Wǒ yǐwéi wǒmen fāxiàn le juémiào de cángshēn zhīchù, dàn jǐngchá zhǎodào le wǒmen.
  I thought that we had found the perfect hiding place, but the police found us.

Words starting with 藏身

• 藏身处cáng shēn chùhiding place; hideout; shelter
• 藏身之处cáng shēn zhī chùhiding place; hideout

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