呑舟の魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呑 舟 魚
どん
Hyōgai 		しゅう
Grade: S 		うお
Grade: 2
kan'yōon kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
呑舟之魚
吞舟之魚

Etymology

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

呑(どん)舟(しゅう)の魚(うお) • (donshū no uo) 

  1. (literal) a boat-swallowing fish
  2. (figurative) a colossal fish
  3. (figurative) a larger-than-life character/individual

See also

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