上不了台面
shàng​bù​liǎo​tái​miàn

unpresentable

  • created sense approved 上不了台面/上不了檯面 · shàng​bù​liǎo​tái​miàn · unpresentable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上不了台面 / 上不了檯面

    shàng​bù​liǎo​tái​miàn

    unpresentable

    unfit for display in public or polite society; shameful or of poor quality; better kept secret or under the table

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 不了 (literal) → 不了 · bù​liǎo · unable to 台面 (literal) → 台面/檯面 · tái​miàn · public view

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense