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fādá

发达fādáfādá
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Usages of fādá

我wǒ　奶奶nǎinai　说shuō，　她tā　年轻niánqīng　的de　时候shíhou　交通jiāotōng　不bù　发达fādá，　去qù　一yí　次cì　市中心shìzhōngxīn　或许huòxǔ　要yào　一yì　天tiān。wǒ nǎinai shuō, tā niánqīng de shíhou jiāotōng bù fādá, qù yí cì shìzhōngxīn huòxǔ yào yì tiān.
My grandma says that when she was young, transportation wasn’t developed, and going downtown once might take a whole day.
现在xiànzài　交通jiāotōng　很hěn　发达fādá，　从cóng　郊区jiāoqū　到dào　市中心shìzhōngxīn　的de　地铁dìtiě　常常chángcháng　很hěn　满mǎn，　要yào　坐zuò　四十sìshí　分钟fēnzhōng，　比bǐ　公交车gōngjiāochē　方便fāngbiàn。xiànzài jiāotōng hěn fādá, cóng jiāoqū dào shìzhōngxīn de dìtiě chángcháng hěn mǎn, yào zuò sìshí fēnzhōng, bǐ gōngjiāochē fāngbiàn.
Transportation is very developed now; the subway from the suburbs to downtown is often very full and takes forty minutes, but it’s more convenient than the bus.

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