high-sounding; highfalutin; ostentatiously dignified
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiomatic expression
high-sounding; dignified in appearance but often insincere; with high-flown rhetoric
formal多用于书面语或较正式的场合，常含讽刺或批评意味，暗示外表与实质不符。
Tā他
nà那
xiē些
guān冠
miǎn冕
táng堂
huáng皇
de的
lǐ理
yóu由
，
bù不
guò过
shì是
wèi为
le了
yǎn掩
gài盖
zì自
jǐ己
de的
sī私
xīn心
。
Those high-sounding reasons of his are just to cover up his selfish motives.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
guān官
yuán员
gěi给
chū出
le了
yī一
gè个
guān冠
miǎn冕
táng堂
huáng皇
de的
dá答
fù复
，
què却
méi没
yǒu有
jiě解
jué决
rèn任
hé何
shí实
jì际
wèn问
tí题
。
The government official gave a highfalutin reply but didn't solve any practical problems.
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Bié别
tīng听
tā他
shuō说
dé得
guān冠
miǎn冕
táng堂
huáng皇
，
tā他
zuì最
hòu后
shén什
me么
dōu都
bù不
huì会
zuò做
。
Don't listen to his grand talk; he won't do anything in the end.