Simplified display

上不了台面

shàng bù liǎo tái miàn

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Definitions

1. better kept under the table (idiom)
2. not to be disclosed
3. too inferior to show in public

Child Words of 上不了台面

no; not so

(completed action marker)

desk; table; counter

(of eyes) bright

no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)

tabletop

face

on top