전쟁

jeonjaeng · [전쟁]

war · hell

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. warThe act of opposing countries or peoples fighting against each other by mobilizing their armed forces and arsenal.
  2. war; hell(figurative) The act of aggressively responding to an issue or competing fiercely, or a complex situation arising from such act.

Written Forms

전쟁Hangul
戰爭Hanja

Examples from Lessons (2)

Thorough preparation is the only secret to winning the course registration war.

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The tension experienced at the beginning of every semester is indescribable, as students must engage in a 'clicking war' to take the classes they want.

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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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