something so heavy it must be pulled by a thousand men; pulling with the strength of a thousand people
Literary or figurative expression for an extremely heavy object or a mighty pulling force. Often used in historical or mythological contexts.
That boulder was so heavy it would take a thousand men to pull it.
Legend says they moved the mountain with the pulling strength of a thousand people.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading ちびき.
Variant kanji spelling; 引 is a common character for 'pull'.
Okurigana variant; less common than 千曳.
Rarely used kanji form with okurigana.
A compound of 千 “thousand” and 曳き “pulling,” from 曳く, with sequential voicing in the compound. It figuratively denotes an object requiring the strength of a thousand people to pull.