The family of more than ten had to stay in a small house that was barely over ten ping large (which is to say, about 360 square feet). It was only in the past couple of years that the children, who made their careers in the city, were able to put together enough capital to turn the house into the three-story villa with garden that it is today.
她們一家十多口一直擠在十多坪的小房子裡，直到年前，長大後在都市裡奮鬥成功的兒女集資，才把老房子翻成現在有院子的三層獨幢別墅型宅院。