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知识青年

zhī shi qīng nián

4-character word Traditional 知識青年

What 知识青年 means

1. educated youth; young intellectual
2. (historical) urban youth with formal education who were sent to rural areas for re-education and labor during the Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s)

The characters in 知识青年

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 年niányear

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