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冠冕

guān miǎn

2-character word

What 冠冕 means

1. royal crown
2. official hat
3. official
4. leader
5. chief
6. elegant and stately

The characters in 冠冕

• 冠guànto put on a hat; to be first; to dub
• 冕miǎncrown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown

Example sentences

• 不管你有什幺冠冕堂皇的理由，这样做是不对的。
  No matter what grand and lofty reason you have, it's not right to do this.
• 于是彼拉多把耶稣带去鞭打。兵丁用荆棘编作冠冕，戴在他头上，又给他穿上紫袍。他们上前一遍遍地打他，说道：「万岁，犹太人的王！」又打他的脸。
  Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

Words starting with 冠冕

• 冠冕堂皇guān miǎn táng huánghigh-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)