上山下乡

shàng shān xià xiāng

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 上山下乡

• 下 下 xià: down
• 下乡 下乡 xià xiāng: to go to the countryside
• 山 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 乡 乡 xiāng: country or countryside
• 上山 上山 shàng shān: to climb a hill
• 上 上 shàng: on top