huí​chéng

return to city

回城 huí​chéng
return to city verb
to return to an urban area from a rural area, especially referring to the return of youths sent down to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution.

He responded to the call to go to the countryside, and only returned to the city later when the policy changed.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.52 per million

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