不入流

bùrùliú
adjective #27,073

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè zhǒng bùrùliú de bǎxì piàn bù liǎo rènhé rén.
These below-par tricks won't fool anyone.
HSK 7-9
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.

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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

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