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知青

Mandarin · pinyin zhī qīng

educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知識青年 zhī shi qīng nián)

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知: zhī · know, perceive, comprehend
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

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noun

(historical) The zhiqing, "educated youth", "rusticated youth", or "sent-down youth": the young Chinese sent from urban areas to the work in poor villages during the PRC's Down to the Countryside Movement (上山下鄉運動)

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