回城 (huí chéng) — (verb) to return to the city; (historically) for sent-down urban youth to return from the countryside
Definition
回城 means to return to the city, and in Chinese history it specifically names the movement of sent-down youth (知青) going back to the cities after the Cultural Revolution. Outside that historical context, it's just 'to head back to town'.
verb
to return to the city(historically) for sent-down urban youth to return from the countryside
Examples
- 回城。Hěn duō zhī qīng zhí dào qī shí nián dài mò cái huí chéng.Many sent-down youth did not return to the city until the late 1970s.
- 回城。Tā huí chéng hòu zhǎo le yí fèn gōng chǎng de gōng zuò.After returning to the city, he found a factory job.
- ，回城。Wǒ zài xiāng xia dài le liǎng nián, zhī huí chéng yí cì chéng.I stayed in the countryside for two years and only went back to the city once.
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