上山下鄉 shàng shān xià xiāng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

上 shàng top; superior, highest; go up, send up
山 shān mountain, hill, peak
下 xià under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
鄉 xiāng country; rural; village