我们婚都结了 为什么房子不能分给我们
“We're already married. Why can't we be assigned a place?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们 婚都结了 为什么 房子 不能 分给我们
“We're already married. Why can't we be assigned a place?”
你上哪去
“Where are you going?”
“We followed all the rules, so I am not going to let them cheat us out of our home without a fight.”
In planned-economy China, urban housing was not bought on the market but allocated by one's work unit (danwei) based on marital status, seniority, and political standing, often leading to intense domestic conflicts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
already married (emphasizing an accomplished fact)
A colloquial construction using 都...了 to assert that a milestone is complete and therefore certain rights or expectations should follow.
to allocate public/welfare housing
A historical term referring to state work-units allocating apartments to employees, commonly heard in period dramas.
Marks the completion of marriage as a solid, undeniable prerequisite.
