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hiding drugs/ 藏毒/ (cánɡ dú)

A: I recently saw some news about drug smuggling. It really is strange. Do you want to hear about it?

最近我看了一个关于贩毒走私的新闻,简直是奇葩,你想听听吗？

(zuìjìn wǒ kànle yīɡè ɡuānyú fàndú zǒusī de xīnwén, jiǎnzhí shì qípā, nǐxiǎnɡ tīnɡtīnɡ ma?)

B: Tell me about it. 

说来听听呢。

(shuōlái tīnɡtīnɡ ne.)

A: Anti-drug police in Yunnan province recently introduced several strange types of methods for hiding drugs that they often see, like hiding druges in the railing of stairs or inside a painting.

云南禁毒民警最近介绍了几种他们常见的奇葩藏毒方式,例如楼梯扶手藏毒和画中藏毒。

(yúnnán jìndú mínjǐnɡ zuìjìn jièshào le jǐzhǒnɡ tāmén chánɡjiànde qípā cánɡdú fānɡshì, lìrú lóutī fúshǒu cánɡdú hé huàzhōnɡ cánɡdú.)

B: Can you explain what they are? 

你解释一下呢？

(nǐ jiěshì yīxià ne?)

A: Hiding drugs in a stair railing is when the police discovered a small crack in a stair railing mailed from Ruili to some other places. They found drug after they opened it. 

楼梯扶手藏毒是民警发现一件由瑞丽寄往其他地方的楼梯扶手有轻微裂痕,将扶手敲开后,当场查获海洛因。

(lóutī fúshǒu cánɡdú shì mínjǐnɡ fāxiàn yījiàn yóu ruìlì jìwǎnɡ qítā dìfānɡ de lóutī fúshǒu yǒu qīnɡwēi lièhén, jiānɡ fúshǒu qiāokāi hòu, dānɡchǎnɡ cháhuò hǎiluòyīn.)

B: What about hiding drugs in paintings? 

那画中藏毒呢？

(nà huàzhōnɡ cánɡdú ne?)

A: They found a lot of packs of methamphetamines hidden in 78 calligraphy scrolls.  

他们在78个画轴里发现了很多冰毒。

(tāmén zài qishiba ɡè huàzhóulǐ fāxiànle hěnduō bīnɡdú.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT