不登大雅之堂
bù​dēng​dà​yǎ​zhī​táng

unpresentable

  • created sense approved 不登大雅之堂 · bù​dēng​dà​yǎ​zhī​táng · unpresentable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不登大雅之堂

    bù​dēng​dà​yǎ​zhī​táng

    unpresentable

    (idiom) lit. not fit for an elegant hall; used to describe things that are unrefined, coarse, or of low quality and thus not suitable for formal or sophisticated settings

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 登 (literal) → 登 · dēng · to ascend 大雅之堂 (literal) → 大雅之堂 · dà​yǎ​zhī​táng · elegant setting

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

    created sense