呉牛月に喘ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ぎゅう
Grade: 2
つき
Grade: 1
あえ
Hyōgai
Alternative spelling
吳牛月に喘ぐ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Literary Chinese, from 世說新語/言語世说新语/言语:

吳牛。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
吴牛。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
“chén yóu wúniú, jiàn yuè ér chuǎn.” [Pinyin]
"The minister is a like a water buffalo seeing the moon and breathing heavily."

Literally "water buffalo pants at the moon", as if the moon were a hot sun.

Alternative forms

Proverb

()(ぎゅう)(つき)(あえ) (gogyū tsuki ni aegu

  1. excessive fear