| 知识青年 |
zhī shi qīng nián |
educated youth; young intellectual / (historical) urban youth with formal education who were sent to rural areas for re-education and labor during the Cultural Revolution (1960s-70s) |
| 知 |
zhī |
to know / to be aware |
| 知识 |
zhī shi |
knowledge / CL:门 / intellectual |
| 识 |
shí |
to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 |
zhì |
to record / to write a footnote |
| 青 |
Qīng |
abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province |
| 青 |
qīng |
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) |
| 青年 |
qīng nián |
youth / youthful years / young person / the young |
| 年 |
Nián |
surname Nian |
| 年 |
nián |
year / CL:个 |
| 年 |
nián |
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 |