電でん光こう朝ちょう露ろ

noun

fleeting; evanescent

A yojijukugo likening the transience of life to a flash of lightning or morning dew. Used in literary or philosophical contexts to express the brevity of existence.

• 人じん生せいは電でん光こう朝ちょう露ろのごとし。

  Life is as fleeting as a flash of lightning or morning dew.