中小学 (zhōng) — primary and secondary schools, K-12 education (collectively)
Definition
Refers collectively to primary and secondary schools (K-12) as a single stage of education — '中小' covers both elementary and middle/high school levels, not just middle school.
noun
primary and secondary schoolsK-12 education (collectively)
Examples
- 中小学。Zhōng guó de zhōng jiào yù shì jiǔ nián yì wù jiào yù.China's primary and secondary education is nine years of compulsory education.
- 中小学。Zhè suǒ zhōng yǒu sān qiān duō míng xué shēng.This K-12 school has over three thousand students.
- 中小学。zhōng Jiào shī de dài yù zhèng zài zhú bù tí gāo.The compensation for primary and secondary school teachers is gradually improving.
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