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铁路

tiě lù · tie lu

Traditional 鐵路

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我(wǒ)爸(bà)爸(ba)在(zài)铁(tiě)路(lù)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

My dad works on the railways.

Tatoeba: Chinese by atitarev · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

地(dì)图(tú)上(shàng)的(de)红(hóng)线(xiàn)代(dài)表(biǎo)铁(tiě)路(lù)。

The red lines on the map represent a railway.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by saasmath · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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