鳳ほう雛すう

noun

gifted young person; promising youth

Literary term for a young person of exceptional talent and promise, likened to a young phoenix. Rare in everyday speech; mainly found in formal or classical contexts.

• 彼かれは幼おさない頃ころから鳳ほう雛すうと称しょうされた。

  He was called a gifted young person from childhood.