泰たい斗と

noun

great authority; eminent person; luminary

Abbreviation of 泰山北斗, a classical Chinese metaphor for a towering figure in a field. Used in formal or literary contexts to refer to a person of the highest standing and influence.

See also: 泰山北斗

• 彼かれは経けい済ざい学がっ界かいの泰たい斗ととして知しられている。

  He is known as a great authority in the field of economics.

• その作さっ家かは日本にほん文ぶん学がくの泰たい斗とと称たたえられた。

  The writer was praised as a luminary of Japanese literature.