Verbs of cleaning Kumpulan Buku E-book Gratis Pelajaran Bahasa Korea | Bahasa-Korea.com Using Korean
㧦⧒ ⽊ἶ ⏖⧖ Ṗ㔊 ㏻⣲℧ ⽊ἶ Once bitten, twice shy. [A heart that was ⏖⧖┺
. once scared of a mud-turtle will get
scared of a kettle lid.] 㮦ῂⲣ㠦☚ ⼫✺ ⋶㧊 㧞┺.
Every dog has his day. [Sunlight may enter even a rat hole.]
䂲ῂ➆⧒ ṫ⋾Ṛ┺. Keeping up with the Joneses.
䕆⊢ ⳾㞚 䌲㌆. Many a mickle makes a muckle.
䢏 ⠒⩂ Ṫ┺ 䢏 㡂 㡾┺. Go for wool and come home shorn. [One
goes to remove a lump and comes back with another one.]
Ṗ┺Ṗ 㭧㰖䞮Ⳋ 㞚┞ ṦⰢ Don’t start something unless you are
ⴑ䞮┞⧒. going to finish it.
12.1.3 Proverbs that are more or less unique to Korean
ṖⰢ䧞 㧞㦒Ⳋ 㭧Ṛ㦖 Ṛ┺. If one keeps silent, one will at least be
not wrong. ṲῂⰂṖ 㢂㺯㧊 㩗 ㌳ṗ ⴑ䞲┺. An upstart forgets his origins.
[The frog forgets his days as a tadpole.] Ṳ㻲㠦㍲ 㣿⋲┺.
A pauper becomes a king beating the odds. [ A dragon may come from a creek.]
㧊⋮ ⽊ἶ ⟷㧊⋮ ⲏ㰖. Stay on the sideline and just watch the game.
[Just watch the show and eat the ricecake.] ₆⓪⥆⓪ ⏞ 㥚㠦 ⋮⓪ ⏞ 㧞┺.
Don’t be complacent with what you are; there’s always someone better. [For every
crawlingrunning guy, there’s a flying guy.]
∞⽊┺ 䟊ⴓ㧊 㫡┺. What it is depends on how it is interpreted
. [The interpretation of a dream is better
than the dream itself.] ⋾㦮 㧪䂮㠦 Ṧ ⏩㞚⧒ ⺆
She’s calling the shots for someone else’s ⏩㞚⧒ 䞲┺.
business. [She’s selecting fruit for someone else’s party.]
⌁ ⏩ἶ ₆㡃㧦☚ ⳾⯎┺. She is completely illiterate. [Looking at
a scythe, one doesn’t even know the letter ₆㡃 which looks like the scythe.]
Ⱖ 䞲Ⱎ❪⪲ 㻲⌻ グ㦚 Ṱ⓪┺. You can pay back a huge debt with a
single word.
⳾⪲ Ṗ☚ ㍲㤎Ⱒ ṖⳊ ♲┺. It doesn’t matter how you do things as long
as you achieve the intended goal. [All you need is to get to Seoul even if you detour.]
⹕⓪ ☚⋒㠦 ❇ 㹣䧢┺. One gets stabbed in the back by someone
who one trusts. ⺗㌞Ṗ 䢿㌞⯒ ➆⧒ṖⳊ ┺ⰂṖ
People ruin themselves by trying to imitate 㹸㠊㰚┺
. their betters. [Small birds break their
legs trying to follow big birds.] ⼧ 㭒ἶ 㟓 㭖┺.
You’re toying with me. [You gave me the disease and now the cure.]
㌂㽢㧊 ➛㦚 ㌂Ⳋ ⺆ 㞚䝚┺. One is jealous of one’s cousin’s success.
㍺ⰞṖ ㌂⧢ 㧷⓪┺. It is dangerous to assume that something
won’t happen or didn’t happen. Anything is possible.
㟢㩚䞲 ṫ㞚㰖Ṗ ⣲Ⱏ㠦 Ⲓ㩖 Quiet people are wilder. [Well-behaved
㢂⧒Ṛ┺ .
puppies go up on the kitchen countertop first.]
㢂⧒Ṗ㰖 ⴑ䞶 ⋮ⶊ⓪ 㼦┺⽊㰖☚ Have a realistic goal. [Don’t even look Ⱖ⧒
. at a tree you cannot climb.]
㤦㑮⓪ 㣎⋮ⶊ ┺Ⰲ㠦㍲ Ⱒ⋲┺. Enemies are meant to run across a single lane bridge a cruel coincidence.
㥭ⶒ㧊 Ⱗ㞚㟒 㞚⨁ⶒ㧊 Ⱗ┺. Be exemplary to your juniors. [The down-
stream is clean only if the upstream is.] 㧧㦖 ἶ㿪Ṗ ⱋ┺.
Small people are tough and smart. [Small peppers are hot.]
㩠㠊 ἶ㌳㦖 ㌂㍲☚ 䞲┺. Pain while young is even desirable.
㰖⩗㧊☚ 㦒Ⳋ ∞䔖䞲┺. Even the meekest will lose his temper event-
ually. [Even worms wiggle if stepped on.] 㺂ⶒ☚ 㥚㞚⧮Ṗ 㧞┺.
Seniority rules even in drinking cold water. 㼁㑶㠦 ⺆ ⯒₢?
Success doesn’t come overnight . [Will hung-
er be satiated with the first spoonful?] 䞧Ἒ㠜⓪ ⶊ► 㠜┺.
There is an excuse for everything. [There is no grave without an excuse.]
12.1.4 How to use proverbs
In some cases, all that is needed is just a portion of the proverb, such as the boldfaced parts in the following examples; the rest is understood without being
said.
╃ 㧷㞚 ⲏἶ 㡺Ⰲ ⌊⹒┺. One is denying something. [After eating chicken, one shows the duck feet.]
⟷ 㭚 ㌂⧢㦖 ㌳ṗ☚ 㞞䞮⓪◆ ₖ䃁ῃ䎆 Ⱎ㔶┺. You are counting your chickens before they are hatched. [No one is even thinking
about giving you the rice cake, but you are drinking Kimchi soup first.]
More often, proverbs are used in the following patterns, with necessary modifications to the original ending and sometimes with some added or
substituted words.
• -┺⓪ ỆⰦ, -㧊⧒⓪ ỆⰦ ⳾┮㧊 ╖䞮㔶┺ἶ 㠎㩲₢㰖 ⁎ ㌂⧢ ⴆ⧮ Ⱒ⋶ Ệ㟒? ↂⰂṖ ₎Ⳋ
㧷䧢┺⓪ Ệ ⳾⯊┞? How long are you going to see him secretly just because your parents don’t approve
of him? Don’t you know that ‘prolonged wrongdoing gets caught eventually?’
㡊 ₎ ⶒ ㏣㦖 㞢㞚☚ 䞲 ₎ ㌂⧢ ㏣㦖 ⳾⯎┺⓪ Ⱖ 㧊㩲 㞢 ộ ṯ㞚㣪. ┾㰳㦒⪲ 㰖⌊▮ 䂲ῂṖ 㩖⯒ ⺆㔶䞶 㭚 㠊⠑Ợ 㞢㞮Ỷ㠊㣪?
I think I now understand the saying, ‘You know a 60-foot deep well but never know a 6-foot tall person.’ How would I have known that my best friend would betray me?
ῂ㔂㧊 ㍲Ⱖ㧊⧒☚ ≆㠊㟒 ⽊⺆⧒⓪ Ⱖ㧊 㧞㰖㣪. 㡆ῂ⯒ Ⱔ㧊 䞮Ⳋ ⶦ 䞿┞₢? 㩖⍦㠦 㿲䕦㦚 䟊㟒㰖㣪.
There is a saying, ‘Three packs of pearls are nothing unless you string them together and turn them into treasure.’ What’s the point of doing a lot of research?
You should publish it in a journal.
• -┺⓪◆, -㧊⧒⓪◆ 㤦㒃㧊☚ ⋮ⶊ㠦㍲ ⟾㠊㰞 ➢Ṗ 㧞┺⓪◆, 㫆㕂䞮㎎㣪.
They say that ‘even a monkey can fall from a tree.’ So, be careful.
㞚 ┺⯊ἶ 㠊 ┺⯊┺⓪◆ ⡧ṯ㦖 Ⱖ㧊⧒☚ ⁎⩝Ợ ₆ ⋮㊮Ợ 䞮┞?
They say that even the same word can sound different depending on how one says it, but you are saying things in such an unpleasant way.
㍲╏Ṳ ㌒⎚㧊Ⳋ 䛣㤪㦚 㦠⓪┺⓪◆ ⍞⓪ 㣪Ⰲ㌂ ⋾䘎㦚 ⚦㠞㦒Ⳋ㍲ 㠊㲲 ⁎⩝Ợ 㣪Ⰲ⯒ ⴑ 䞮┞?
They say that ‘dogs at school can recite poems after three years,’ so why is your cooking so bad when your husband is a chef?
ṯ㦖 Ṩ㧊Ⳋ ┺䢣䂮Ⱎ⧒⓪◆ ₆㢫㧊Ⳋ ⳾㟧㧊 㡞㊲ Ỏ⪲ ㌂㰖㣪.
They say that ‘if the price is the same, pick a prettierbetter-quality one,’ so why don’t we buy the one with the prettier design?