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上不了台面

shàng bù liǎo tái miàn

5-character word Traditional 上不了檯面

What 上不了台面 means

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

The characters in 上不了台面

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台
• 面miànface; side; surface