鶯おう遷せん

noun

warbler flying from a valley to a tree

Original classical meaning, derived from a poetic image of a warbler moving upward; now mostly encountered in literary or historical texts.

See also: 鶯谷 (おうこく)

• 「鶯おう遷せん」は、もともとウグイスが谷たにから木きに飛とび移うつる様よう子すを表あらわす言こと葉ばだ。

  The term 鶯遷 originally describes a warbler flying from a valley to a tree.

noun

finding success in life; passing the palace examination

Extended metaphorical use: rising in the world, especially passing the imperial examination in ancient China. In modern Japanese, it appears mainly in formal congratulatory expressions or classical references.

See also: 鶯谷 (おうこく)

• 「鶯おう遷せん」は、昔むかしの中ちゅう国ごくで科か挙きょに合ごう格かくすることを祝いわう言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  鶯遷 was used in old China as a congratulatory expression for passing the imperial examination.

• この書しょには、立りっ身しん出しゅっ世せを「鶯おう遷せん」と表ひょう現げんしている箇か所しょがある。

  In this book, there is a passage that describes success in life as 鶯遷.