舳じく艫ろ千せん里り

noun

a long chain of ships; a vast fleet stretching far

A classical four-character idiom (yojijukugo) describing a great number of ships sailing in a line that extends for a thousand leagues. Used in literary or historical contexts.

• 舳じく艫ろ千せん里りという言こと葉ばは、昔むかしの海かい戦せんや大だい船せん団だんを描びょう写しゃするときに使つかわれた。

  The phrase 舳艫千里 was used to describe ancient naval battles or large fleets.