不登大雅之堂

bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng

lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)

not presentable; coarse; unrefined

不

bù

no; not so

登

dēng

to scale (a height)

大

dà

big; large; great

雅

yǎ

elegant

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

堂

táng

(main) hall