속담

sokdam · [속땀]

adage · old saying · proverb

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. adage; old saying; proverbA short phrase with a lesson that descends from the people of the old times.

Written Forms

속담Hangul
俗談Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

The teacher also said that hard academic terms or proverbs will definitely appear one or two per question on this exam.

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That's the lesson of this proverb.

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As the saying goes that preparation is half the battle, I trust that because you have prepared so meticulously, you will achieve great results.

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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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