拿不出手

nábùchūshǒu
  1. not presentable
  2. shoddy and too embarrassing to show

CEDICT

  1. (idiomatic) not presentable, shoddy and too embarrassing to show
  2. not presentable, shoddy and too embarrassing to show

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 拿 ná old variant of 拿 ná
=1 拿 ná variant of 拿 ná
=1 拿 ná
  1. to hold
  2. to seize
  3. to catch
  4. to apprehend
  5. to take
  6. (used in the same way as 把 bǎ: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
2 不出 bùchū to not exceed; to not surpass
3 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻

Related entries

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