Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「上漏下濕」 and how it’s used.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「上漏下濕」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Up: refers to the roof; Down: refers to the ground. Describes a house that is dilapidated and cannot shelter from wind and rain.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shàng lòu xià shī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
seung5/seung6 lau6 ha6 sap1
There are countless Chinese idioms, all rich in meaning and application. Each one is unique, and we hope this information helps you explore and enhance your Chinese language knowledge.
