It's rain above the wind
The Chinese idiom is sh à ngy à P á NGF à ng, which means that the family is poor and the house is dilapidated. From the monument of Mianhai temple.
The origin of Idioms
Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote in the stele of Mianhai Temple: "when it rains, there is no barrier."
Idiom usage
The house is dilapidated.
It's rain above the wind
it is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than to have it covered without discretion - nìng quē wù làn
used figuratively for studying hard - chuān bì yǐn guāng