생명

saengmyeong · [생명]

life

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. lifeThe power that enables a living thing to live.
  2. lifeAn existence that is in someone's womb and going to be born as a person.
  3. lifeA certain period during which something is maintained.
  4. life(figurative) The core or essence of something.

Written Forms

생명Hangul
生命Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

If you build a good foundation in life sciences, agriculture can also become a sufficiently innovative cutting-edge industry.

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Accuracy is the lifeblood of business language.

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Balance is the key to a ssam, so the order is very important.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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