zhī​shi​qīng​nián

educated youth

知识青年 (知識青年) zhī​shi​qīng​nián
educated youth noun
young people with a formal education or young intellectuals

These educated youths are an important force for national construction.

sent-down youth expression
urban youth with formal education sent to rural areas for labor and re-education during the Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s)

He spent five years as an educated youth in the countryside before returning to the city.

Frequency

Written text
2.97 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)