also: ひりょうじょううん
noun
a hero seizing the moment to rise; a dragon soaring through the clouds
A yojijukugo describing a person of great ability who takes advantage of an opportunity to achieve success, likened to a dragon riding the clouds. The literal image is of a dragon soaring through the clouds.
彼はまさに飛竜乗雲の勢いで業界のトップに立った。
He rose to the top of the industry with the momentum of a dragon soaring through the clouds.
この故事成語「飛竜乗雲」は、英雄が時を得て活躍することを竜にたとえている。
The idiom 飛竜乗雲 compares a hero who seizes the moment and flourishes to a dragon.
A yojijukugo of Chinese origin, combining 飛竜 (flying dragon) and 乗雲 (riding clouds). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is conventionally used to describe a hero rising to prominence.