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亢龍亢竜
こうりょうこうりゅう
1. [n] [form]
▶ dragon that has ascended to the heavens
▶ [fig] person who has acquired immense wealth and power
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2857597 亢龍有悔 1. the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent; he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent



History:
5. A 2023-10-25 06:38:06  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-10-25 00:30:08  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The kokugos all lead with the literal meaning in their entries for 亢竜.
Many don't even mention the figurative meaning.
  Comments:
Adding a [fig] gloss tag
  Diff:
@@ -21 +21 @@
-<gloss>person who has acquired immense wealth and power</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="fig">person who has acquired immense wealth and power</gloss>
3. A 2023-04-06 17:24:05  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, koj
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>こうりゅう</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -17 +20 @@
-<gloss>dragon which has already ascended to the heavens</gloss>
+<gloss>dragon that has ascended to the heavens</gloss>
2. A 2023-04-04 23:55:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2023-04-04 19:36:02  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
meikyo:
〔文〕天高く昇りつめた竜。こうりゅう。
◇富貴・栄華を極め尽くした者のたとえに使う。
「━悔いあり(=天に昇りつめた竜が下るしかないように、栄華を極めた者は必ず衰えていくということ)」

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーー─┬────────╮
│ 亢龍        │  1,418 │ - add
│ 亢竜        │    702 │
│ こうりょう     │ 19,553 │
├─ーーーーーーーーー─┼────────┤
│ 亢竜悔いあり    │     88 │
│ 亢龍悔いあり    │     58 │
│ こうりょう悔いあり │      0 │
╰─ーーーーーーーーー─┴────────╯
  Comments:
The cross-referenced yoji is pretty rare, but maybe it helps provide some context. Meikyo mentions a similar expression (亢竜悔いあり)
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>亢龍</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +15,2 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2857597">亢龍有悔</xref>
+<misc>&form;</misc>
@@ -12,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>person who has acquired immense wealth and power</gloss>

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