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躲藏

duǒ cáng

HSK 5 2-character word

What 躲藏 means

1. to conceal oneself
2. to go into hiding
3. to take cover

The characters in 躲藏

• 躲duǒto hide; to dodge; to avoid
• 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor

Example sentences

• 他为什么在躲藏？
  Tā wèishénme zài duǒcáng?
  Why is he hiding?
• 他为什幺在躲藏？
  Why is he hiding?
• Shh！不要出声……我们现在捉迷藏，要搞的话快点找一个地方躲藏一边了。
  Shh! bù yào chūshēng …… wǒmen xiànzài zhuōmícáng, yào gǎo dehuà kuàidiǎn zhǎo yī gè dìfang duǒcáng yībiān le.
  Shh! Don't make a sound. We are playing hide-and-seek now. If you want to talk, go find somewhere else to hide.

Where 躲藏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Haste, Urgency & Surprise (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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