上不得台盘
shàng​bù​dé​tái​pán

lacking social grace

  • created sense approved 上不得台盘/上不得臺盤 · shàng​bù​dé​tái​pán · lacking social grace — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上不得台盘 / 上不得臺盤

    shàng​bù​dé​tái​pán

    lacking social grace

    (idiom) clumsy in social situations; lacking the manners or poise required for public appearances or formal occasions

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 不得 (literal) → 不得 · bu​de · [potential] 台盘 (literal) → 台盘/臺盤 · tái​pán · social stage

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

    created sense