堂皇
táng huáng
Pinyin

Definition

堂皇
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táng huáng
  1. imposing
  2. grand

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

天堂
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
皇冠
huáng guān
  1. 1 crown (headgear)
皇马
Huáng Mǎ
  1. 1 Real Madrid soccer team
  2. 2 abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
同堂
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
堂
táng
  1. 1 (main) hall
  2. 2 large room for a specific purpose
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
  4. 4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. 5 of the same clan
  6. 6 classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. 7 classifier for sets of furniture
堂哥
táng gē
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin
堂堂
táng táng
  1. 1 grand
  2. 2 magnificent
  3. 3 stately
  4. 4 majestic appearance
堂妹
táng mèi
  1. 1 younger female patrilineal cousin
堂姐
táng jiě
  1. 1 older female patrilineal cousin
堂弟
táng dì
  1. 1 younger male patrilineal cousin
大堂
dà táng
  1. 1 lobby
女皇
nu:3 huáng
  1. 1 empress
学堂
xué táng
  1. 1 college
  2. 2 school (old)
厅堂
tīng táng
  1. 1 hall
教堂
jiào táng
  1. 1 church
  2. 2 chapel
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
欢聚一堂
huān jù yī táng
  1. 1 to gather happily under one roof
殿堂
diàn táng
  1. 1 palace
  2. 2 hall
  3. 3 temple buildings
满堂
mǎn táng
  1. 1 whole audience
  2. 2 a sellout (capacity audience)
  3. 3 jam-packed
澡堂
zǎo táng
  1. 1 public baths

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)
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
  1. 1 lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
家累千金，坐不垂堂
jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
  1. 1 (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
对簿公堂
duì bù gōng táng
  1. 1 public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. 2 legal confrontation
  3. 3 to take sb to court
  4. 4 to sue
张皇失措
zhāng huáng shī cuò
  1. 1 panic-stricken (idiom)
  2. 2 to be in a flustered state
  3. 3 also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhāng huáng shī cuò]
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
济济一堂
jǐ jǐ yī táng
  1. 1 to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
燕雀处堂
yàn què chù táng
  1. 1 lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living
  2. 2 unaware of the disasters ahead
  3. 3 a fool's paradise
登堂入室
dēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 to go to the next level
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
皇天不负苦心人
Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén
  1. 1 Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
  1. 1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved

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