槿きん花か一いち日じつ

noun

evanescent glory; passing prosperity

A yojijukugo meaning that glory or prosperity is as fleeting as the morning glory flower, which blooms for only one day. Used in literary or reflective contexts.

• 栄えい華がを極きわめた彼かれも、槿きん花か一いち日じつの如ごとくその地ち位いを失うしなった。

  Even he, who had reached the pinnacle of glory, lost his position as fleetingly as the morning glory blooms for a day.