堂堂の陣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
堂	堂	陣
どう Grade: 5	どう Grade: 5	じん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
堂々の陣 堂堂之陣

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 堂堂之陣 (tángtáng zhī zhèn) from The Art of War.

Idiom

堂(どう)堂(どう)の陣(じん) • (dōdō no jin) 

1. A disciplined, orderly army with high morale.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.