衝しょう天てん

noun

high spirits; elation

Literary or classical expression for being in high spirits, often with a sense of soaring or exaltation. Rare in everyday speech; more common modern equivalents include 意気揚々 or 高揚.

• 彼かれは成せい功こうの知しらせに衝しょう天てんの思おもいだった。

  He was in high spirits at the news of his success.