进城

jìn chéng · jin cheng

Traditional 進城

Meaning

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  1. to go to town
  2. to enter a big city (to live or work)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)一(yí)大(dà)早(zǎo)就(jiù)进(jìn)城(chéng)办(bàn)事(shì),傍(bàng)晚(wǎn)才(cái)回(huí)来(lái)。

He went into town early in the morning to take care of business and only came back in the evening.

02

很(hěn)多(duō)年(nián)轻(qīng)人(rén)进(jìn)城(chéng)打(dǎ)工(gōng),村(cūn)里(lǐ)只(zhǐ)剩(shèng)下(xià)老(lǎo)人(rén)和(hé)孩(hái)子(zi)。

Many young people go to the city to work, leaving only the elderly and children in the village.

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