藏匿 cángnì to cover up
to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
How to remember 藏匿: 藏 to hide + 匿 to hide = to cover up.
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How it is used
- To conceal (a person or contraband) or go into hiding - 藏匿毒品 (cángnì dúpǐn) conceal drugs; 藏匿在山里 (cángnì zài shān lǐ) hide in the mountains.
- Formal/legal register with a criminal or illicit flavor; contrast neutral 隐藏 (yǐncáng) or everyday 藏 (cáng).
- 藏 is read cáng here (to hide), not zàng (Tibetan/Buddhist canon).