Definition
中小学 is an abbreviation for 中学 (middle school) and 小学 (elementary school), together meaning 'primary and secondary education' or 'K-12 schools'. It is used as a noun modifier (e.g., 中小学教育 'primary and secondary education') and is a common administrative/educational term in China, not a single school but the entire compulsory education span.
ab.
primary and secondary schoolsK-12 education (collectively)
Examples
- 中小学。Zhōngguó de zhōng jiàoyù shì jiǔ nián yìwù jiàoyù.China's primary and secondary education is nine years of compulsory education.
- 中小学。Zhè suǒ zhōng yǒu sānqiān duō míng xuéshēng.This K-12 school has over three thousand students.
- 中小学。zhōng jiàoshī de dàiyù zhèngzài zhúbù tígāo.The compensation for primary and secondary school teachers is gradually improving.
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