Meaning of May 7th | Babel Free

Definitions

Used attributively to designate various institutions in the People's Republic of China which combine education with manual labour with a view to helping people understand life as a peasant.

uncountable

Examples

“This was the first leg of his labours. The second began with […] the names of such Shanghainese officials who, in consequence of criminal pro-Russian leanings, had been officially purged, humiliated or sent to a May 7th school to rediscover the virtues of peasant labour.”

“The difference was that the May 7th Instruction excluded commerce from "the big school" that only included industry, agriculture, army, and education.”

CEFR level