故こ郷きょうに錦にしきを飾かざる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

return home in triumph; come back to one's hometown in glory

Idiomatic expression derived from a classical Chinese story; used when someone achieves success and returns to their hometown to show it off. Often carries a slightly dramatic or literary tone.

• 彼かれは一いち流りゅう企き業ぎょうに就しゅう職しょくし、故こ郷きょうに錦にしきを飾かざった。

  He landed a job at a top company and returned to his hometown in triumph.

• いつか成せい功こうして故こ郷きょうに錦にしきを飾かざりたい。

  I want to succeed someday and go back to my hometown in glory.