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
Chinese PinYin : shàng lòu xià shī
Upper leakage and lower dampness
goods overflow and people are happy. mín ān wù fù
like a spring dream which vanished without a trace. chūn mèng wú hén
strike at the root of the trouble. chōu xīn zhǐ fèi
discard the classics and rebel against orthodoxy. lí jīng pàn dào