槿きん花か一いっ朝ちょう

noun

evanescent glory; passing prosperity

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) expressing the fleeting nature of worldly glory or prosperity, likened to the brief bloom of the hibiscus flower. Used in literary or formal contexts.

• 栄えい華がも槿きん花か一いっ朝ちょうの夢ゆめに過すぎない。

  Even glory is but a fleeting dream like the morning glory.