下か放ほう

noun

sending-down movement; rustication campaign

Historical term for Chinese campaigns (notably 1937, 1957, 1968) that relocated urban youth to rural areas. Often appears in the compound 下放運動 (かほううんどう).

See also: 下放運動 (かほううんどう)

• 文ぶん化か大だい革かく命めいのとき、多おおくの若わか者ものが下か放ほうされた。

  During the Cultural Revolution, many young people were sent down to the countryside.

• 「下か放ほう運うん動どう」は中ちゅう国ごくの歴れき史し的てきな政せい策さくの一ひとつだ。

  The 'sending-down movement' is one of China's historical policies.