上山下乡 shàng shān xià xiāng

to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
山 shān HSK 3
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
乡 xiāng HSK 5
country or countryside; township (PRC administrative unit)