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冠冕堂皇

guān miǎn táng huáng

4-character word

What 冠冕堂皇 means

1. high-sounding
2. dignified
3. pompous (idiom)

The characters in 冠冕堂皇

• 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
• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶

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.