Tā de xúnhūjī xiǎng le, tā gǎnjǐn qù zhǎo diànhuà.
His pager went off, and he rushed to find a telephone.
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Iconic 1990s tech in China — also called 传呼机 (chuánhūjī) or, slangily, BB机 (BB-jī, mimicking the beep). The pager era peaked around 1998 with ~50 million users before dying off as mobile phones spread. Hospitals still use them today.
