zhī
qīng

historical
noun
common

Meaning of 知青

知青 means educated youth; specifically urban middle and high school graduates sent to work and settle in rural areas and frontier regions during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Pronounced zhī qīng.

  • educated youth; specifically urban middle and high school graduates sent to work and settle in rural areas and frontier regions during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

Definitions & Examples

de
qīn
shì
wèi
lǎo
zhī
qīng
 
céng
zài
Běi
huāng
chā
duì
shí
nián
 

My father is an old educated youth who once worked in the Great Northern Wilderness for ten years.

Zhī
qīng
wén
xué
shì
èr
shí
shì
Zhōng
guó
wén
xué
de
zhòng
yào
chéng
fèn
 

Educated youth literature is an important component of twentieth-century Chinese literature.

Shàng
shì
shí
nián
dài
 
chéng
shì
zhī
qīng
lái
dào
nóng
cūn
 

In the 1970s, large numbers of urban educated youth came to the countryside.

Measure Words

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Primary
/ wèi
/
/ dài