亢こう龍りょう

noun

dragon that has ascended to the heavens; person of immense wealth and power

Literary term from Chinese classics (see 亢龍有悔). Literally a dragon soaring too high, figuratively a person at the peak of power who risks downfall. Used in formal or literary contexts.

See also: 亢龍有悔

• 「亢こう龍りょう有ゆう悔かい」とは、昇のぼりつめた竜りゅうは悔くいることになるという意い味みだ。

  'Kouryuu yuukai' means that a dragon that has risen too high will come to regret it.

• 彼かれはまさに亢こう龍りょうのごとき存そん在ざいで、絶ぜっ頂ちょうから転てん落らくする危あやうさをはらんでいる。

  He is truly like a dragon at its zenith, carrying the danger of falling from the peak.