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地铁
dìtiě
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- pinyin
- dìtiě
- simplified
- 地铁
- traditional
- 地鐵
1 · noun
An urban railway that often runs underground.
城市中常在地下运行的轨道交通。
This is the American railway sense; a pedestrian underpass is another sense.
The subway entrance is on the left.
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地铁入口在左边。
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