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How to Say ‘Hidden’ in Traditional Chinese

被私藏

💬 Usage Tip: Implies something is kept secret or out of sight.

🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Keeping things private can be a theme in poetry and art.

Word-by-Word Breakdown

[bèi]

by

Indicates the agent performing an action in passive sentences.

Example

圖書被圖書館借走了。

The books have been borrowed by the library.

私藏

[sī cáng]

privately collected

Secretly held or reserved by an individual.

Example

他喜歡私藏珍貴的古董。

He likes to privately collect precious antiques.

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