冠冕堂皇 — Chinese idiom
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
Meaning
- high-sounding
- dignified
- pompous
Character by character
- 冠guāncap, crown, headgear
- 冕miǎncrown; ceremonial cap
- 堂tánghall, large room; government office; cousins
- 皇huángroyal, imperial; ruler, superior
Idioms sharing a character
- 峨冠博带 é guān bó dài
- 张冠李戴 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
- 弹冠相庆 tán guān xiāng qìng
- 怒发冲冠 nù fà chōng guān
- 沐猴而冠 mù hóu ér guàn
- 衣冠禽兽 yī guān qín shòu
- 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng
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