冕 in English
- crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations / imperial crown
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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不管你有什么冠冕堂皇的理由,这样做是不对的。
No matter what grand and lofty reason you have, it's not right to do this.
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於是彼拉多把耶稣带去鞭打。兵丁用荆棘编作冠冕,戴在他头上,又给他穿上紫袍。他们上前一遍遍地打他,说道:「万岁,犹太人的王!」又打他的脸。
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe. And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.