ch?o fáng
炒房
real estate speculation

hù k?u
戶(hù)口
permanent residence registration/permit

wō jū
蝸居
Dwelling Narrowness (Wo Ju), a popular Chinese TV show that depicts the lives of modern-day young people struggling to make ends meet with high housing prices. As a noun, it means a very small room, like a pigeonhole; as a verb, it refers to "dwelling in a narrow space."

y? zú
蟻?zhàn)?/strong>
ant tribe, a term coined by Chinese sociologists to describe the struggles of young migrants with diplomas who scramble to big cities in hopes of leading better lives; these migrants often end up with low-paying jobs and poor living conditions. They are just like ants: clever, weak and living in groups.