guān miǎn táng huáng

冠冕堂皇 (guān miǎn táng huáng) is a Chinese word meaning “high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1high-sounding
  2. 2dignified
  3. 3pompous (idiom)

Characters in 冠冕堂皇

冠guān · hat冕miǎn · crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations堂táng · (main) hall皇huáng · emperor

Related words

教堂church; chapel冠军champion天堂paradise皇后empress堂(main) hall皇家royal皇帝emperor皇室royal family教皇(Catholicism) pope; pontiff皇冠crown (headgear)冠hat冠to put on a hat

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