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堂皇

táng huáng

2-character word

What 堂皇 means

1. imposing
2. grand

The characters in 堂皇

• 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.

Words containing 堂皇

• 富丽堂皇fù lì táng huáng(idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
• 冠冕堂皇guān miǎn táng huánghigh-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read táng huáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 唐璜a dandy; a fop; Don Juan