elegant venue; high-class setting; hall of refinement
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
elegant venue; hall of refinement; high-class setting
literaryOften used in the negative construction '难登大雅之堂' (not fit to be shown in polite company / too crude for refined taste), implying something is too vulgar or inferior for high society.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
xíng行
wéi为
nán难
dēng登
dà大
yǎ雅
zhī之
táng堂
。
This kind of behavior is not fit for polite company.
Jīng经
guò过
duō多
nián年
de的
nǔ努
lì力
，
tā他
de的
zuò作
pǐn品
zhōng终
yú于
dēng登
shàng上
le了
dà大
yǎ雅
zhī之
táng堂
。
After years of hard work, his work finally entered the realm of high art.
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Zhè这
zhǐ只
shì是
yī一
chǎng场
xiāng乡
jiān间
xiǎo小
xì戏
，
nán难
dēng登
dà大
yǎ雅
zhī之
táng堂
。
This is just a small rural opera, not fit for the grand stage.
Bié别
yǐ以
wéi为
zhè这
zhǒng种
xiǎo小
bǎ把
xì戏
néng能
dēng登
dà大
yǎ雅
zhī之
táng堂
。
Don't think that such petty tricks can be presented in high society.