冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
Pinyin

Definition

冠冕堂皇
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guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. high-sounding
  2. dignified
  3. pompous (idiom)

Related Words (20)

guàn jūn
  1. 1 champion
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
Huáng
  1. 1 surname Huang
huáng guān
  1. 1 crown (headgear)
Huáng Mǎ
  1. 1 Real Madrid soccer team
  2. 2 abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里

Idioms (20)

上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)