不登大雅之堂

bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng

Definitions

1. lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)
2. not presentable
3. coarse
4. unrefined

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Child Words of 不登大雅之堂

no; not so

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

(main) hall

big; large; great

see 大夫[dài fu]

to scale (a height)

Daya or Taya Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

elegant