Upper leakage and lower dampness

Upper leakage and lower dampness

Shangliuxiashi, a Chinese idiom, is sh à NGL à uxi à sh à in pinyin, which means that the house is dilapidated and can't cover the wind and rain. It comes from Chuang Tzu rang Wang of the Warring States period.

Idiom explanation

Top: refers to the roof; bottom: refers to the ground.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: Zhuangzi let the king of Zhuangzi in the Warring States period, Song Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty: "if the upper part leaks and the lower part is wet, you can sit and string."

Discrimination of words

When it rained, their old thatched cottage began to leak.

[pinyin code]: slxs

Usage: used as predicate and attributive; refers to the dilapidated house