不入流

bùrùliú

adjective #27,073

Meanings

1 below standard
2 not up to par
3 low-grade; inferior
4 not fit to be ranked

Characters

to enter; to join; to be included

flow; class; grade; school of thought

Examples

他的厨艺太差，在专业厨师眼中根本不入流。

Tā de chúyì tài chà, zài zhuānyè chúshī yǎnzhōng gēnběn bùrùliú.

His cooking skills are so poor that they don't even register in the eyes of professional chefs.

这种不入流的把戏骗不了任何人。

Zhè zhǒng bùrùliú de bǎxì piàn bùliǎo rènhé rén.

These below-par tricks won't fool anyone.

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history

不入流 originally comes from imperial China's nine-grade civil service system (九品制). Officials below the ninth grade were '不入流' — too low to even be ranked. Today it means anything beneath a recognized standard.

Stroke Order

不 bù

入 rù

流 liú