Definition of "Dianbai"

After July 7, Dianbai become synonymous with another trend in China: widespread cheating on entrance examinations. […] In Dianbai, shops openly sold or rented pagers that could receive exam answers and display them on their screens.

2000 August 8, John Pomfret, “China Finds Rampant Cheating on College Test”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2017‎

There was paperwork to sign and a weekend to contend with before a day of travel from Beijing to Dianbai, the town the orphanage was in. When the bus arrived in Dianbai the orphanage director got on the bus and said we should go to our hotel in Maoming and the girls would be brought to us.

2003, Richard Mintzer, Yes, You Can Adopt!: A Comprehensive Guide to Adoption‎, Carroll & Graf Publishers, page 201