noun
rising cloud of yellow dust
A yojijukugo describing a vast, swirling cloud of yellowish dust, often used in literary or poetic contexts to evoke a desolate or windswept scene.
黄塵万丈の中を馬が駆け抜けた。
A horse galloped through the rising cloud of yellow dust.
A yojijukugo composed of 黄 (yellow), 塵 (dust), 万 (ten thousand), and 丈 (length unit, roughly 3 meters), literally 'yellow dust ten thousand jō', evoking an immense cloud of dust. The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows classical Chinese poetic patterns.