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不登大雅之堂

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6-character word

What 不登大雅之堂 means

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

The characters in 不登大雅之堂

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 登dēngto scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 雅yǎelegant
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…