- 冠冕堂皇
- guānmiǎntánghuánghighfalutin; high-sounding* * *high-sounding* * *high-sounding* * *guan1 mian3 tang2 huang2high-sounding, dignified, pompous (idiom)* * *冠冕堂皇guān miǎn táng huánghighfalutin; assume dignified airs like people who wear coronets, diadems or other insignia of high office; dignified in form but insincere in substance; high-sounding; have a high-sounding constitution; have a bold, noble bearing; have a bold and dignified bearing; impressive looking; in full regalia with all the pomp of a state occasion; in highsounding words; in a dignified, high-sounding way; ostentatious and pretentious; of noble (dignified) bearing; pose oneself as a high-minded, dignified, honourable, upright character; respectable and dignified* * *冠冕堂皇|冠冕堂皇 [guān miǎn táng huáng] ► high-sounding ► dignified ► pompous (idiom)
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.