"呉牛月に喘ぐ" meaning in Japanese

See 呉牛月に喘ぐ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

Forms: 呉牛月に喘ぐ [canonical] (ruby: (), (ぎゅう), (つき), (あえ)), gogyū tsuki ni aegu [romanization]
Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 吳牛喘月 (Wú niú chuǎnyuè). Literally "water buffalo from Wu (East China) pants at the moon", as if the moon were a hot sun. From 《世說新語·言語》/《世说新语·言语》: : Also, this idiom is believed to be taken from a lost volume of a much earlier work 《風俗通義》/《风俗通义》 (cited by 《太平御覽》) Etymology templates: {{calque|ja|lzh|吳牛喘月|sort=こぎゅうげつにあえぐ'}} Calque of Literary Chinese 吳牛喘月 (Wú niú chuǎnyuè), {{lang|zh|《太平御覽》}} 《太平御覽》 Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|ごぎゅう つき に あえぐ}} 呉(ご)牛(ぎゅう)月(つき)に喘(あえ)ぐ • (gogyū tsuki ni aegu)
  1. excessive fear Synonyms: 呉牛喘月 (gogyūzengetsu) (ruby: 呉牛喘月(ごぎゅうぜんげつ))

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "Chén yóu Wú niú, jiàn yuè ér chuǎn.",
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      "roman": "Wú niú wàng yuè zé chuǎn; shǐ zhī kǔyú rì, jiàn yuè bù, chuǎn yǐ!",
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