寵ちょう幸こう

noun

favor; grace; special patronage

Refers to receiving special favor or grace from a superior, especially a monarch or high-ranking person. Archaic and literary; in modern Japanese, 寵愛 (ちょうあい) or 恩恵 (おんけい) are more common.

• 寵ちょう幸こうを賜たまわることは、臣しん下かにとってこの上うえない名めい誉よであった。

  Receiving the sovereign's favor was the greatest honor for a retainer.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、帝みかどの寵ちょう幸こうをめぐる争あらそいがよく描えがかれる。

  In classical literature, struggles over the emperor's favor are often depicted.