不 登 大 雅 之 堂

bù dēng dà yǎ zhī tángdictionary entry

lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

不登大雅之堂 不登大雅之堂 [bu4 deng1 da4 ya3 zhi1 tang2] /lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)/not presentable/coarse/unrefined/

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Reference information

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Character information

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不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
登
dēng
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
大
dà
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài
see 大夫[dài fu]
雅
yǎ
elegant
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
堂
táng
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jiān] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture

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