上不了台面
Traditional form:
上不了檯面
Pinyin (reading):
shàngbùliǎotáimiàn
Definitions:
- better kept under the table (idiom)
- not to be disclosed
- too inferior to show in public
Characters:
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
- 台 - platform; unit; term of address
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
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