鵬ほう翼よく

noun

wings of a giant mythical bird; airplane wings

Literary or poetic term. Originally refers to the wings of the 鵬, a giant mythical bird from Chinese legend. Also used figuratively for airplane wings, especially in elevated or classical writing.

• 鵬ほう翼よくを広ひろげて大おお空ぞらを飛とぶ姿すがたを想そう像ぞうした。

  I imagined the figure spreading its giant wings and flying through the vast sky.

• 詩しの中なかで、飛ひ行こう機きの翼つばさを鵬ほう翼よくにたとえた。

  In the poem, the airplane's wings were likened to the wings of the mythical bird.