堂皇 tánghuáng magnificent Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 堂皇 tánghuáng magnificent stately and imposing; grand in appearance or scale ostensible seemingly grand or dignified on the surface, often used to mask one's true motives or faults openly (literary) openly and legally; in a dignified or frank manner official hall (archaic) the main hall of a government office where officials carry out their duties Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.486 per million Cross-References See 富丽堂皇 fùlìtánghuáng冠冕堂皇 guānmiǎntánghuáng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
堂皇 tánghuáng magnificent stately and imposing; grand in appearance or scale ostensible seemingly grand or dignified on the surface, often used to mask one's true motives or faults openly (literary) openly and legally; in a dignified or frank manner official hall (archaic) the main hall of a government office where officials carry out their duties Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.486 per million Cross-References See 富丽堂皇 fùlìtánghuáng冠冕堂皇 guānmiǎntánghuáng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)