呑舟の魚
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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呑 | 舟 | 魚 |
どん Hyōgaiji |
しゅう Grade: S |
うお Grade: 2 |
kan’yōon | kan’on | kun’yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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呑舟之魚 吞舟之魚 |
Etymology edit
呑舟 (“boat swallowing”) + の (attributive marker) + 魚 (“fish”), calque of Literary Chinese 吞舟之魚, from the chapter 庚桑楚 of Zhuangzi
Noun edit
呑舟の魚 • (donshū no uo)
- (literal) a boat-swallowing fish
- (figurative) a colossal fish
- (figurative) a larger-than-life character/individual