冠冕堂皇
guānmiǎn-tánghuáng
high-sounding; dignified on the surface
Every meaning
guānmiǎn-tánghuáng
- high-sounding; dignified on the surface
Its characters
- 冠guānhat (as in 衣冠)
- 冕miǎncrown (ceremonial headgear)
- 堂tánghall; main room (as in 礼堂, 食堂)
- 皇huángemperor (as in 皇帝)
Words with 冠
Words with 堂
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.