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堂而皇之
táng ér huáng zhī
What 堂而皇之 means
- overt
- to make no secret (of one's presence)
- grandiose
- with great scope
The characters in 堂而皇之
- 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 皇huángemperor; old variant of 惶
- 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
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