Question

What does three feet on the floor mean?

Answer 1

The ‘three on the floor’ rule was implemented every time men visited women in their rooms or vice versa: the door must always be open and there must be three feet on the floor the whole time.”

this rule dates back to the period prior to the cultural revolution, when visiting between men and women students on campus was regulated by ‘parietals,’  limiting male visiting in female dormitories to certain times.

Answer 2

The right answer to the phrase “three feet on the floor” means that to prevent romance, the door is kept open and there must be three feet on the floor at all times when a boy is in the room.