<p>"Woman's plan to buy 7 million-dollar-house in a school district fails" </p>

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2015-04-06T21:34:59.430Z
2015-04-06T21:34:59.430Z
user119495
<p>女子700万买下学位房学区调整致算盘落空</p>

<p>有一个女子，花了700万，买下了一个学位房。后来学区进行了调整，导致她的算盘落空了。</p>

<p>A women bought a house with 7 million yuan. That house was in a good school district then. But late on, recently, the school district adjusted, and this house  changed to another school district. Her calculation is no longer valid.  </p>

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2015-04-07T11:47:01.363Z
2015-04-07T11:47:01.363Z
PdotWang
<p>女子700万买下学位房学区调整致算盘落空.  I looked the words up individually using MDBG and also used Google Translate to get a general idea, but it still didn't make any sense.</p>

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2015-04-06T12:45:57.717Z
"算盘落空" is an idiom, meaning "the plan fails". The sentence could be read as `女子 spends 700万 to buy 学位房, but due to 学区调整, her 算盘落空`. So, "a lady spent 7,000,000 to buy a school-district house, but due to the adjustment of the school district, her plan failed".
Stan
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2015-04-06T13:01:00.167Z
BTW, 学位房 would be 学区房 in a general description. "学位" here definitely doesn't mean an academic degree, but rather a "position for study". The background information is the school district policy in China. Generally children can only study in the primary/middle schools within the school district they live, or, money and guanxi are required if you want to choose a school outside your school district.
Stan
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2015-04-06T14:29:07.667Z
@Stan I think we have an answer...
Mou某
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2015-04-06T15:30:57.050Z
@user3306356 maybe next time :) I'm struggling with my work
Stan
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# What does this headline mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-06)

女子700万买下学位房学区调整致算盘落空. I looked the words up individually using MDBG and also used Google Translate to get a general idea, but it still didn't make any sense.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "算盘落空" is an idiom, meaning "the plan fails". The sentence could be read as `女子 spends 700万 to buy 学位房, but due to 学区调整, her 算盘落空`. So, "a lady spent 7,000,000 to buy a school-district house, but due to the adjustment of the school district, her plan failed".  
> **username_1**: BTW, 学位房 would be 学区房 in a general description. "学位" here definitely doesn't mean an academic degree, but rather a "position for study". The background information is the school district policy in China. Generally children can only study in the primary/middle schools within the school district they live, or, money and guanxi are required if you want to choose a school outside your school district.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 I think we have an answer...  
> **username_1**: @user3306356 maybe next time :) I'm struggling with my work  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-04-06. Score: 2

"Woman's plan to buy 7 million-dollar-house in a school district fails"


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-04-07. Score: 0

女子700万买下学位房学区调整致算盘落空

有一个女子，花了700万，买下了一个学位房。后来学区进行了调整，导致她的算盘落空了。

A women bought a house with 7 million yuan. That house was in a good school district then. But late on, recently, the school district adjusted, and this house changed to another school district. Her calculation is no longer valid.


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