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

CHARACTERS

不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
登 dēng rise, mount, board, climb
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
堂 táng hall; government office