大雅之堂

dàyǎzhītáng
  1. (figurative) formal and high-end occasion; refined taste
  2. formal and high-end occasion; refined taste

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Entry Composition

=1 大雅 dàyǎ one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 诗经
=1 大雅 Dàyǎ
  1. (～區) Daya (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
  2. Daya (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
  3. Greater Court Hymns, or the Greater Odes of the King (a section of the Classic of Poetry)
2 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
3 堂 táng
  1. (main) hall
  2. large room for a specific purpose
  3. relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  4. of the same clan
  5. classifier for classes, lectures etc
  6. classifier for sets of furniture

classifier: 間

Containing this entry

不登大雅之堂 bùdēngdàyǎzhītáng
  1. lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork)
  2. not presentable
  3. coarse
  4. unrefined