知識青年 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 知识青年 zhīshiqīngnián ㄓ ˙ㄕ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ educated youth young intellectual urban youth with formal education who were sent to rural areas for re-education and labor during the Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s) historical Character by character 知(zhī)know 識(shi) 青(qīng)green 年(nián)year A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0