four major consumer items once considered essential status symbols in a household, such as a bicycle, watch, sewing machine, and radio in the 1960s-70s

The three high-end consumer goods most desired at a specific time in China. In the 1970s this referred to [[自行车|自行車|zi4 xing2 che1]], [[缝纫机|縫紉機|feng2 ren4 ji1]], and [[手表|手錶|shou3 biao3]]; in the 1980s it referred to refrigerators, color televisions, and radio-cassette recorders.

The four essential household items that represented wealth and status in mainland China during the 1960s and 1970s, specifically a bicycle, sewing machine, radio, and wristwatch.