陶とう朱しゅ猗い頓とんの富とみ

expression, noun

great wealth; very wealthy person

Idiomatic expression referring to immense riches or a person of enormous wealth, derived from the names of two legendary Chinese merchants. Rare and literary; used in classical or rhetorical contexts.

• 彼かれは一いち代だいで陶とう朱しゅ猗い頓とんの富とみを築きずいたと言いわれる。

  He is said to have built a fortune rivaling that of Tōshu and Iton in a single generation.