冠冕堂皇 guānmiǎntánghuáng dignified Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 冠冕堂皇 guānmiǎntánghuáng dignified Dignified and stately in appearance or manner; noble and impressive high-sounding Appearing grand or righteous on the surface, but often used sarcastically to describe pompous speech or hollow excuses Frequency Movie subtitles 0.720 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.13 per million Cross-References Same as 堂而皇之 táng'érhuángzhīReferenced by 堂皇 tánghuáng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
冠冕堂皇 guānmiǎntánghuáng dignified Dignified and stately in appearance or manner; noble and impressive high-sounding Appearing grand or righteous on the surface, but often used sarcastically to describe pompous speech or hollow excuses Frequency Movie subtitles 0.720 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.13 per million Cross-References Same as 堂而皇之 táng'érhuángzhīReferenced by 堂皇 tánghuáng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)