household registration

基本解释

It is Chinese parlance referring to those who live without Hukou, or household registration papers, and therefore denied access to public education, healthcare and housing allowance.
这是中文有关没有户口或没有户口登记证明的那些人们的说法，并且因此拒绝给予公共教育、医疗和住房补助的机会。
“We can hardly find anyone here with a rural household registration,” Pan told NEWSWEEK.
“我们几乎找不到登记为农民家庭的孩子”，潘伟告知新闻周刊。
A police directive said that, in preparation for it, officials must give household registration papers to children born in violation of family-planning directives.
一位警官声称，国家已经决定让违反计划生育政策而出生的小孩进行户口注册。

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