蜿えん蜿えん長ちょう蛇だ

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

long and serpentine

Describes a line, queue, or procession that stretches out long and winding like a snake. A yojijukugo used in literary or formal contexts.

• 蜿えん蜿えん長ちょう蛇だの列れつが会かい場じょうの外そとまで続つづいていた。

  A long, serpentine line stretched all the way outside the venue.

• 蜿えん蜿えん長ちょう蛇だと続つづく行ぎょう列れつを見みて、入にゅう場じょうを諦あきらめた。

  Seeing the queue winding on and on, I gave up on entering.