nail house

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 釘子戶／钉子户 (dīngzihù).

Noun

nail house (plural nail houses)

A private home whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments despite offers of huge monetary sums from a private developer or expropriation attempts by the government.

Translations

house whose owner refuses to move to clear way for new real estate developments

Chinese:
Mandarin: 釘子戶 (zh), 钉子户 (zh) (dīngzihù)

Finnish: naula talo (rare, only in reference to the Chinese phenomenon)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

holdout

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.