highfalutin(guān miǎn táng huáng)
highfalutin
High sounding, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ā NMI ǎ NT á nghu á ng, which is used to describe a person who deliberately appears dignified or dignified, but it is not. It's from Wu Jianren's strange situation witnessed in 20 years in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The eighty fourth chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in the Qing Dynasty: "he hid the beautiful customs he had just embraced and changed his high sounding face."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate type; as subject, object and attribute; with derogatory meaning examples say less and do more practical things.
Chinese PinYin : guān miǎn táng huáng
highfalutin
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There's nothing to be ashamed of
There's nothing to be ashamed of. jì yán wú suǒ
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a settled practice is hard to reform
a settled practice is hard to reform. jī xí nán gǎi
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not let others express their views
not let others express their views. dù jué yán lù
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a fast job done by a straightforward person
a fast job done by a straightforward person. kuài rén kuài xìng
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A tiger in the front door, a wolf in the back
A tiger in the front door, a wolf in the back. qián mén jù hǔ，hòu mén jìn láng
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the man who rather trusted his measurements than placing any confidence in his own feet when buying shoes
the man who rather trusted his measurements than placing any confidence in his own feet when buying shoes. zhèng rén shí lǚ
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