Chinese

		to transfer to a lower level	youth; young person
simp. and trad. (下放青年)		下放	青年

Noun

下放青年

1. (historical) The "sent-down", "educated", or "rusticated" youth, the zhiqing: the young Chinese sent from urban areas to the work in poor villages during the PRC's Down to the Countryside Movement (上山下鄉運動)

Synonyms

• 知識青年／知识青年 (zhīshi qīngnián)
• 知青 (zhīqīng)