자존심

jajonsim · [자존심]

pride · self-respect

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. pride; self-respectThe mind of respecting oneself and disliking bending before others.

Written Forms

자존심Hangul
自尊心Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

I know I should be the one to reach out first, but honestly, my pride is hurt, so I'm hesitant.

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That's nothing new, and honestly, that friend of ours has quite a lot of pride.

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That trust you talk about was ultimately nothing more than a means to protect your own pride.

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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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