Definition
分房 has two very different meanings. As a noun, it refers to the housing allotment system (分房制度) — the practice of employers or government agencies allocating housing to employees, common in China before the housing reform. As a verb (not covered by this row's POS), 分房 means 'to sleep in separate rooms', often used for married couples.
n.
housing allotment system (by an employer or government)
Examples
- 分房。Yǐqián hěn duō dānwèi dōu yǒu fēn fáng zhìdù.Many work units used to have a housing allotment system.
- 分房。fēn fáng zhèngcè zài jiǔshí niándài fāshēng le biànhuà.The housing allocation policy changed in the 1990s.
- 分房。Tāmen tōngguò fēn fáng dédào le yí tào fángzi.They got an apartment through the housing allotment system.
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