躲猫猫”英语怎么说?

小编: 李鹤龄

Afterlastyear’s“gettingsomesoysauce”and“doingpush-ups”WebusersinChinahavefoundanewcatchphrasefor2009:“playinghiddencat”orwhattheEnglish-speakingworldcalls“hideandseek.”(InChinese“playinghiddencat”is躲猫猫pronounced“duomaomao.”)

继去年风靡一时的“打酱油”和“俯卧撑”之后,步入2009年的中国网民又发现了新的流行词“躲猫猫”。

The story behind this new phrase comes from Jinning in southwest China’s Yunnan province where a 24-year-old prisoner died from a severe brain injury four days after being sent to the hospital. Local police said the brain injury occurred when the prisoner “bumped into a wall after being kicked by another prisoner while playing hidden cat.” (Report in Chinese.)

这个新词背后的故事来自于中国云南省晋宁县;当地一位24岁的犯人脑部严重受伤,入院四天后死亡。当地警方给出的解释是,这位犯人在与狱友玩躲猫猫游戏时,遭到狱友踢打并不小心撞到墙壁,才导致脑部受伤。

“Common sense makes it hard for the public to accept that a healthy young man died from playing a game…A trust-worthy third party must step in and dig out the truth for the public” reads one online commentary.

一条网上评论写道,常识让公众很难接受一个健康的年轻人会死于玩游戏,必须有令人信服的第三方介入调查,为公众挖出真相。