知青 Traditional form: 知青 Pinyin (reading): zhīqīng Definitions: educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年/知识青年 (zhīshiqīngnián) Characters: 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young Traditional characters: 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend 青 - nature's color; blue, green, black; young