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房东 in Context

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房东

Usage 1 - "landlord": 

Sentence:

今天早上房东来收房租。

English:

This morning the landlord came to collect rent.

Top-Down Words:

房租 fángzū - rent money



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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020

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Mason Royal

For anyone curious as why "East" is used in landlord (as I was):

According to Outlier, in ancient China the master/host would sit on the eastern side of the table at gatherings.

 

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Rick Angleland

I note the comment above, and Outlier do their research, but I heard it is b/c the landlord lived on the east side apartment in traditional courtyard houses. Supposedly it was the best, and the others were rented out.

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