Increase (decrease) in cash flows from operating activities.

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Increase (decrease) in investments in subsidiaries, variable interest entities and variable interest entities' subsidiaries.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The aggregate increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the amount due from the following types of related parties: a parent company and its subsidiaries; subsidiaries of a common parent; an entity and trust for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; an entity and its principal owners, management, or member of their immediate families, affiliates, or other parties with the ability to exert significant influence.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123570139&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Parent Company Only Condensed Financial Information - Additional Information (Details) ¥ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2019 CNY (¥)
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in amounts due from subsidiaries and other related parties	¥ 5,396	$ 847	¥ 941
Increase (decrease) in cash used in operating activities			(3,193,000)	¥ 49,000
Parent
Condensed Cash Flow Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in amounts due from subsidiaries and other related parties			(2,059,000)
Increase in investments in subsidiaries, VIEs and VIEs' subsidiaries			2,059,000
Increase (decrease) in cash used in operating activities			¥ (90,000)	¥ (2,224,000)