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冠冕堂皇

Mandarin · pinyin guān miǎn táng huáng

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1–3–2–2 · guan1 mian3 tang2 huang2

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

gun1 min5 tong4 wong4

Cantonese word readings for 冠冕堂皇. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

gun1 min5 tong4 wong4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) dignified; upright; solemn
(idiomatic) to seem honorable and just on the surface, but is not the case in reality