Definition & Meaning

high-sounding; assume dignified airs like people who wear coronets, diadems or other insignia of high office; dignified in form but insincere in substance

Word usage

guān miǎn táng huáng

冠 冕 堂 皇

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deroghigh-sounding; assume dignified airs like people who wear coronets, diadems or other insignia of high office; dignified in form but insincere in substance
- guān miǎn táng huáng de jiè kǒu
  冠冕堂皇的借口
  high-sounding excuse
- bù guǎn shuō de duō me guān miǎn táng huáng
  不管说得多么冠冕堂皇
  no matter how high-sounding it is made to sound
- guān miǎn táng huáng de lǐ yóu
  冠冕堂皇的理由
  high-sounding excuses
- guān miǎn táng huáng de huà yǔ
  冠冕堂皇的话语
  high-sounding words
- méi yǒu guān miǎn táng huáng de shuō cí zhǐ shì xiǎng yǐ xíng dòng qù shí xiàn yī gè kě yǐ shí xiàn de yuàn wàng
  没有冠冕堂皇的说辞，只是想以行动，去实现一个可以实现的愿望。
  No high-sounding rhetoric, just want to take action to achieve an attainable aspiration.
synonym
táng ér huáng zhī堂而皇之 táng huáng guān miǎn堂皇冠冕

Word usage

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"冠冕堂皇" is often ironic.

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