瑶よう池ち

noun

beautiful pond; abode of immortals

A poetic term from Chinese mythology, referring to a jewel-like pond in the realm of immortals. Rare in modern Japanese outside literary or mythological contexts.

• 瑶よう池ちは、中ちゅう国ごくの神しん話わで仙せん女じょが住すむとされる美うつくしい池いけのことだ。

  Yōchi is a beautiful pond in Chinese mythology where immortals are said to live.