故郷に錦を飾る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
きょう
Grade: 6
にしき
Grade: S
かざ
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
故鄕に錦を飾る (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipped from Xiang Yu's story in the Records of the Grand Historian (in Literary Chinese):

殘破心懷:「富貴故鄉衣錦夜行?」
残破心怀:「富贵故乡衣锦夜行?」
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
Xiàng wáng jiàn Qín gōng jiē yǐ shāo cánpò, yòu xīnhuái sī yù dōng guī, yuē: “Fùguì bù guī gùxiāng, rú yījǐn yèxíng, shéi zhī zhī zhě?”
Seeing the palace of Qin was burnt to the ground, Xiang Yu wondered if he should go eastward to his hometown, saying: "To not return home when one has made his fortune is like walking in the night with silken robes, who will notice?"

Idiom

()(きょう)(にしき)(かざ) (kokyō ni nishiki o kazaru

  1. come home in triumph

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