捉迷藏 (zhuō mí cáng) — hide-and-seek (the game)
Definition
A set phrase meaning 'hide-and-seek,' the childhood game. It behaves like a verb-object phrase: you say 玩捉迷藏 ('play hide-and-seek'), not 捉迷藏 as a standalone verb.
phrase
hide-and-seek (the game)
Examples
- 捉迷藏。Wǒ men xiǎo shí hou jīng cháng yì qǐ wán zhuō mí cáng.We often played hide-and-seek together when we were kids.
- 捉迷藏？Nǐ xiǎo shí hou xǐ huan wán zhuō mí cáng ma?Did you like playing hide-and-seek when you were little?
- 捉迷藏。Tā men zài huā yuán lǐ wán zhuō mí cáng wán dé hěn kāi xīn.They played hide-and-seek in the garden and had a lot of fun.
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