{"id":379,"date":"2006-04-13T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2006-04-13T06:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2006\/smuggler-learns-importance-of-proper-pinyin-the-hard-way\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T04:35:14","slug":"smuggler-learns-importance-of-proper-pinyin-the-hard-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2006\/smuggler-learns-importance-of-proper-pinyin-the-hard-way\/","title":{"rendered":"smuggler learns importance of proper Pinyin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 28-year-old Taiwanese woman has been arrested in Hong Kong on charges of drug smuggling. Customs officials there found that the woman, who had arrived from Cambodia, had 3 kg of heroin hidden inside preserved plums. (I have a hard time thinking of these as &#8220;prunes&#8221; because they are so different than the U.S. prunes I grew up with &#8212; or rather avoided as best I could as I was growing up.)<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that alerted the suspicions of the officials was that the lettering on her seven packages of plums (<span class=\"py\">ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i<\/span>, &#38515;&#30382;&#26757;) read, in part, &#8220;Cnan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"py\">Y&#299; m&#237;ng 28 su&#236; T&#225;iw&#257;n n&#474;z&#464;, ji&#257;ng zh&#283;ngzh&#283;ng 3 g&#333;ngj&#299;n de h&#462;ilu&#242;y&#299;n c&#225;ng z&#224;i 300 du&#333; k&#275; ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i l&#464;, zh&#468;nb&#232;i y&#243;u Ji&#462;np&#468;zh&#224;i y&#249;ns&#242;ng d&#224;o T&#225;iw&#257;n f&#224;n sh&#242;u, t&#250;zh&#333;ng z&#224;i Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng j&#299;ch&#462;ng b&#232;i h&#462;igu&#257;n d&#257;ngch&#462;ng d&#462;izh&#249;, b&#232;i j&#299;y&#257; z&#224;i Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng k&#257;nsh&#466;usu&#466;, w&#224;ny&#299; zu&#236;m&#237;ng ch&#233;ngl&#236;, xi&#225;nf&#224;n ji&#257;ng mi&#224;ndu&#236; 10 ni&#225;n y&#464;sh&#224;ng de y&#466;uq&#299; t&#250;x&#237;ng.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"py\">Xi&#225;nf&#224;n sh&#236; y&#299; w&#232;i c&#243;ng Ji&#462;np&#468;zh&#224;i d&#224;o Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng de 28 su&#236; T&#225;iw&#257;n n&#474;z&#464;, j&#236;hu&#224; ji&#257;ng d&#250;p&#464;n y&#249;ns&#242;ng d&#224;o T&#225;iw&#257;n f&#224;n sh&#242;u, zh&#283;ngzh&#283;ng 3 g&#333;ngj&#299;n de h&#462;ilu&#242;y&#299;n ji&#224;zh&#237; 560 w&#224;n yu&#225;n, qi&#462;omi&#224;o de c&#225;ng z&#224;i 300 du&#333; k&#275; ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i l&#464;, k&#283;sh&#236; y&#299;nw&#232;i b&#257;ozhu&#257;ng shang &#8220;ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i&#8221; de Y&#299;ngw&#233;nz&#236; p&#299;ncu&#242; le, y&#464;nq&#464; Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng h&#462;igu&#257;n de hu&#225;iy&#237;, ji&#275;f&#257; zh&#232; q&#464;y&#249;n d&#250; &#224;n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"py\">Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng h&#462;igu&#257;n ji&#257;nd&#363; L&#464; Zh&#257;ngr&#243;ng bi&#462;osh&#236;, xi&#225;nf&#224;n b&#462; ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i zh&#333;ngji&#257;n de h&#233;[tao] w&#257; ch&#363;lai sh&#333;uc&#225;ng h&#462;ilu&#242;y&#299;ng, d&#224;nsh&#236; y&#243;uy&#250; ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i Y&#299;ngw&#233;n p&#299;ny&#299;n sh&#236; Chan, f&#224;nd&#250; j&#237;tu&#225;n p&#299;nch&#233;ng cnan,  z&#257;od&#224;o h&#462;igu&#257;n r&#233;nyu&#225;n hu&#225;iy&#237; d&#224;ib&#468;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"py\">M&#249;qi&#225;n zh&#232; w&#232;i T&#225;iw&#257;n xi&#225;nf&#224;n b&#232;i Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng j&#464;ngf&#257;ng y&#464; f&#224;ny&#249;n w&#275;ixi&#462;n y&#224;ow&#249; zu&#236;, j&#299;y&#257; z&#224;i Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng de k&#257;nsh&#466;usu&#466;,  4 yu&#232; 24 r&#236; ji&#257;ng z&#224;i Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng f&#462;yu&#224;n ji&#275;sh&#242;u sh&#283;nx&#249;n, w&#224;ny&#299; zu&#236;m&#237;ng ch&#233;ngl&#236;, xi&#225;nf&#224;n ji&#257;ngy&#224;o mi&#224;ndu&#236; 10 ni&#225;n y&#464;sh&#224;ng de y&#466;uq&#299; t&#250;x&#237;ng.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>sources: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yam.com\/ettoday\/society\/200604\/20060413481161.html\"><span class=\"py\">Y&#299;ngw&#233;nz&#236; p&#299;ncu&#242;! C&#225;ng d&#250;p&#464;n ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i &#8212; T&#225;iw&#257;n n&#474;z&#464; z&#224;i Xi&#257;ng G&#462;ng b&#232;ib&#468;<\/span><\/a> (&#33521;&#25991;&#23383;&#25340;&#37679;&#65281;&#12288;&#34255;&#27602;&#38515;&#30382;&#26757;&#12288;&#21488;&#28771;&#22899;&#23376;&#22312;&#39321;&#28207;&#34987;&#25429;), April 13, 2006<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/News24\/World\/News\/0,,2-10-1462_1915473,00.html\">Heroin hidden in prunes<\/a>, April 12, 2006<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wenweipo.com\/news.phtml?cat=003HK&amp;news_id=HK0604130013&amp;\"><span class=\"py\">Ch&#233;np&#237;m&#233;i c&#225;ng d&#250;p&#464;n &#8212; T&#225;iw&#257;n n&#474;zi lu&#242;w&#462;ng<\/span><\/a> (&#38515;&#30382;&#26757;&#34255;&#27602; &#21488;&#22899;&#33853;&#32178;), <em>Wen Wei Po<\/em> (Hong Kong), April 13, 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 28-year-old Taiwanese woman has been arrested in Hong Kong on charges of drug smuggling. Customs officials there found that the woman, who had arrived from Cambodia, had 3 kg of heroin hidden inside preserved plums. 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