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    Expressing modernization with 现代化 (xiàndàihuà)

    Actions & Events
    Result & Consequence

    Structure

    实现 + 现代化 / Noun + 现代化

    Explanation

    现代化 (xiàndàihuà) means "modernization" or "to modernize" and describes the process of updating systems, infrastructure, or practices to contemporary standards. The suffix 化 indicates a transformation process. For example, 实现现代化 means "to achieve modernization."

    Examples

    • 这个国家正在努力实现农业现代化。

      zhège guójiā zhèngzài nǔlì shíxiàn nóngyè xiàndàihuà.

      This country is working hard to achieve agricultural modernization.

    • 教育现代化是政府的重要目标之一。

      jiàoyù xiàndàihuà shì zhèngfǔ de zhòngyào mùbiāo zhī yī.

      Educational modernization is one of the government's important goals.

    • 我们需要加快医疗体系的现代化进程。

      wǒmen xūyào jiākuài yīliáo tǐxì de xiàndàihuà jìnchéng.

      We need to accelerate the modernization process of the healthcare system.

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