呑どん舟しゅう

noun

swallowing a boat whole

Rare literary expression for something so large it could swallow a boat whole; often used metaphorically for a person of immense capacity or ambition. Found in classical Chinese-influenced texts.

• 「呑どん舟しゅうの魚うお」という言こと葉ばは、大おお物ものや大たい器きをたとえるのに使つかわれる。

  The phrase 'a fish that swallows a boat' is used to describe a person of great caliber or ambition.