分房 (fēn fáng) — housing allotment system (by an employer or government)
Definition
Refers specifically to the work-unit housing allotment system in pre-reform China, where employers (单位) assigned apartments to employees. It is an institutional policy, not the act of dividing up rooms.
noun
housing allotment system (by an employer or government)
Examples
- 分房。Yǐ qián hěn duō dān wèi dōu yǒu fēn fáng zhì dù.Many work units used to have a housing allotment system.
- 分房。fēn fáng Zhèng cè zài jiǔ shí nián dài fā shēng le biàn huà.The housing allocation policy changed in the 1990s.
- 分房。Tā men tōng guò fēn fáng dé dào le yí tào fáng zi.They got an apartment through the housing allotment system.
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