“躲貓貓”英文怎么說？

After last year’s “getting some soy sauce” and “doing push-ups,” Web users in China have found a new catchphrase for 2009: “playing hidden cat,” or what the English-speaking world calls “hide and seek.” (In Chinese, “playing hidden cat” is 躲貓貓, pronounced “duo maomao.”)

繼去年風靡一時的“打醬油”和“伏地挺身”之後，步入2009年的中國網民又發現了新的流行詞“躲貓貓”。

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.)

這個新詞背後的故事來自於中國雲南省晉寧縣；當地一位24歲的犯人腦部嚴重受傷，入院四天后死亡。當地警方給出的解釋是，這位犯人在與獄友玩躲貓貓遊戲時，遭到獄友踢打並不小心撞到牆壁，才導致腦部受傷。

“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.

一條網上評論寫道，常識讓公眾很難接受一個健康的年輕人會死於玩遊戲，必須有令人信服的第三方介入調查，為公眾挖出真相。