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上山下鄉

简上山下乡 · 繁上山下鄉

Mandarin · pinyin shàng shān xià xiāng

to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)
forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
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乡: xiāng · country; rural; village

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4–1–4–1 · shang4 shan1 xia4 xiang1

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(historical) Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement

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