冠冕堂皇

冠
冕
堂
皇
high-sounding / dignified / pompous (idiom)

Characters and words in 冠冕堂皇

冠
guàn = gu + an4
surname Guan
冠
gua̅n = gu + an1
hat / crown / crest / cap
冠 = 冖 + 元 + 寸 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is busking in front of the anthill (an1). She has a hat (冠) lying in front of her, but the hat is protected by a cooking top (冖). Many passersby give her the thumbs up (寸) or put some coins (元) into her hat.
冠
guàn = gu + an4
to put on a hat / to be first / to dub
冠 = 冖 + 元 + 寸 : After a long day of work Gitta Giraffe (gu) empties her hat (冠) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), puts the coins (元) in her pocket and puts the hat on (冠). She tosses the cooking top (冖) in a corner and gives herself the thumbs up (寸).
冠
冕
royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately
冕
miǎn = mi + an3
crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown
堂
táng = t + ang2
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
堂 = 尚 + 土 : Tecumseh (t) is queuing at the canteen (堂) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He sees how the Buddhist monk (尚) in front of him just gets a pile of earth (土) and is suddenly afraid of the food he will get.
堂
皇
imposing / grand
皇
huáng = hu + ang2
emperor / old variant of 惶[huang2]
皇 = 王 + 白 : Just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2), the emperor (皇) is standing on Martin Luther King (王) and Helga Horse (hu) as they are weaving their white flags (白) in despair.

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