higher primary school
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higher primary school (grades 4-6 under the old Chinese educational system)
archaicAbbreviation for 高级小学. Refers to the upper division of a primary school in the historical 6-year system (初级小学 for grades 1-3, 高级小学 for grades 4-6). This term is now dated as the modern system uses a standard 6-year primary school (小学).
Wǒ我
yé爷
ye爷
zhǐ只
dú读
dào到
gāo高
xiǎo小
jiù就
chuò辍
xué学
le了
。
My grandfather only attended higher primary school before dropping out.
Jiě解
fàng放
qián前
，
cūn村
lǐ里
de的
hái孩
zi子
dú读
wán完
chū初
xiǎo小
cái才
néng能
shàng上
gāo高
xiǎo小
。
Before liberation, children in the village could only attend higher primary school after finishing lower primary school.
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Zhè这
suǒ所
xué学
xiào校
yǐ以
qián前
fēn分
wéi为
chū初
xiǎo小
bù部
hé和
gāo高
xiǎo小
bù部
。
This school used to be divided into a lower primary section and a higher primary section.