1 sentence for 起飞 (qǐ​fēi — to take off (growth))

1. 我在互联网真正起飞之前就在这里，但这座城市已经在改变了。

   wǒ zài hù​lián​wǎng zhēn​zhèng qǐ​fēi zhī​qián jiù zài zhè​lǐ, dàn zhè zuò chéng​shì yǐ​jing zài gǎi​biàn le.

   I was here before the Internet really took off, but the city was already changing.

   Source: CCMatrix