上山下乡

shàng shān xià xiāng

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 上山下乡

下
xià

down

下乡
xià xiāng

to go to the countryside

山
shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])

乡
xiāng

country or countryside

上山
shàng shān

to climb a hill

上
shàng

on top