also: ぼう
noun
peng; giant mythical bird
In Chinese mythology, a colossal bird that transforms from a giant fish called 鯤 (こん). Often used metaphorically for something of immense scale or ambition. The word is literary and domain-specific.
See also: 鯤
鵬は翼を広げると三千里も覆うと言われる。
It is said that the peng spreads its wings and covers three thousand li.
彼の夢は鵬の如く大きく、誰にも止められない。
His dream is as vast as a peng, and no one can stop it.
The giant fish that transforms into the peng. Often mentioned together in the phrase 鯤鵬 (こんぽう).
From Chinese mythology, the character 鵬 represents a giant bird. The reading ほう is the on'yomi; ぼう is a variant reading. The word is not commonly used in everyday Japanese.