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Word of the Day

I came across the expression 마가 끼다, which means "to be unlucky," and the word 마 seemed particularly interesting to me. The dictionary suggests the following meanings:

1. a strange obstacle that prevents things from going well.

2. a place or time where bad things often happen.

3. a barrier that’s hard to overcome.

4. a term referring to all strange and malevolent spirits.

5. (Buddhism) an evil spirit that takes over the minds of Buddhists, hindering practice and the path to enlightenment.

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ART HISTORY WORD LIST [part 2]

구조 [構造] - structure

왕릉 [王陵] - royal tomb

계급 [階級] - class, rank

장식되다 [裝飾되다] - be decorated

정면 [正面] - facade front

분담하다 [分擔하다] - to share

설화 [說話] - tale

별자리 - star constellation

도교 [道敎] - Taoism

고분 벽화 [古墳壁畫] - tomb fresco

권위적 [權威的] - authoritative

천장 [天障] - ceiling

승려 [僧侶] - Buddhist monk

공양하다 [供養하다] - to offer food to Buddha

기상 [氣像] - spirit

배치하다 [排置하다] - to arrange

웅혼하다 [雄渾하다] - dynamic

원근감 [遠近感] - perspective

설채 [設彩] - to draw background with ink and then color it

씨름 - korean wrestling, ssireum

유래되다 [由來되다] - to originate

무예 [武藝] - martial arts

색채 [色彩] - tone (color)

내세 [來世] - afterlife

귀족 [貴族] - aristocracy

제왕 [帝王] - emperor

사신 [四神] - Four Symbols - four mythological creatures appearing among the Chinese constellations along the ecliptic, and viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions. These four creatures are also referred to by a variety of other names, including "Four Guardians", "Four Gods", and "Four Auspicious Beasts". They are the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Tortoise of the North. Each of the creatures is most closely associated with a cardinal direction and a color, but also additionally represents other aspects, including a season of the year, an emotion, virtue, and one of the Chinese "five elements" (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water). Each has been given its own individual traits, origin story and a reason for being. Symbolically, and as part of spiritual and religious belief and meaning, these creatures have been culturally important across countries in the East Asian cultural sphere.

청룡 [靑龍] - Azure Dragon, Blue Dragon 백호 [白虎] - White Tiger 주작 [朱雀] - Vermilion Bird, Red Phoenix 현무 [玄武] - Black Tortoise

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some korean vocab I learned from the random schedule

some new vocab for me that I encountered in this schedule of training camp for social workers.

성희롱 - sexual harassment

마음건강검사 - mental health examination

효과적인 의사소통 - effective communication

수료식 - completion ceremony

사회재난과 안전 - social disaster and safety

갈등대처 - conflict response

귀가 - return home

규율과 규정 - discipline and regulation

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I would say comedy genre has more verbs and action situations in general, so maybe look up these? my suggestions:

랑데뷰

인삼류

위아더좀비

월유메리미

신혼일기 (and other from the author)

대신 심부름을 해다오

하루땃따

드로잉 레시피

소소한 일상기록둔

좌충우둘 미대생존기

hope it helps!

does anyone know of some webtoons that would be good for learning Korean if you have a lot of random noun vocabulary but not a lot of grammar & verbs

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231126 chinese journal log

我出去散步，外面正下着暴风雪。 时速约 50 公里。街上没有人。也看不到汽车。我走了一个小时，一路上没有看到任何人。一切看起来都像是后世界末日的景象。我只能听到呼啸声和脚下积雪的嘎吱声。我再次确信，冬天是我最喜欢的季节。

散步 - take a walk 暴风雪 - snowstorm 公里 - kilometer 街上 - on the street 一路上 - along the way 后世界末日 - post-apocalypse 景象 - scene 呼啸 - whistle 脚下 - under the foot 嘎吱 - crunch 再次 - once again 确信 - to be convinced 季节 - season

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here’s an interesting internet word i just learned:

垢作る（あかつくる） = to make an account (on a website)

the use of 垢 is as an ateji from アカウントを作る! 💻🖱

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Learning Chinese with Lyrics: 蔡健雅 (Tanya Chua) - 遺書

I recently started listening to more Chinese music and quite by accident found Tanya Chua and her amazing voice charmed me.

My favorite line of the song: 我曾愛過的都愛過了 - I've loved everything I've ever loved.

平常不過的夜晚

平常 ping2chang2 - ordinary

這是我最後一次給自己交代

確定沒留下任何遺憾

確定 que4ding4 - to ensure 留下 liu2xia4 - to leave behind 遺憾 yi2han4 - regret

沒有任何的不安跟未知對談

對談 dui4tan2 - to talk face to face

我曾愛過的都愛過了

曾看不開的或許不一定都要釋懷

釋懷 shi4huai2 - release (tension)

我也認真過了付出多過獲得

認真 ren4zhen1- to take seriously 付出 fu4chu1 - to invest energy in friendship

但願他們記得感動的每一刻

感動 - to touch sb emotionally

把留下的淚水藏不住的心碎

心碎 xin1sui4 - heartbroken

寫成歌給人安慰

我閉上眼睛唱著 感謝這一生沒白費

白費 bai2fei4 - to waste energy

世界��照樣運轉

只是我已出發在旅程另一段

走在人群中特別孤單

人群 ren2gun2 - crowd 孤單 gu1dan1 - lonely

這個錯誤的安排不需要重來

我曾愛過的都愛過了

曾看不開的或許不一定都要釋懷

我也認真過了付出多過獲得

但願他們記得感動的每一刻

把留下的淚水藏不住的心碎

寫成歌給人安慰

我閉上眼睛唱著 感謝這一生沒白費

我會留下什麼 請替我保管就別不捨得

保管 bao3guang3 - to guarantee

We’re gonna make it through

我是被疼愛的 我會好好的

得到你的祝福怎麼會不想哭

祝福 zhu4fu2 - blessings

我會去片大海無憂無慮去愛

無憂無慮 wu2you1wu2lu4- carefree and without worries

像塵埃自由自在

自由自在 zi4you2zi4zai4 - free and easy

在那一片大海告別了感慨

So GoodNight

Goodbye

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I read a book about the history of hanok (traditional Korean housing) and find out that the word 집 (家, hanja is read as 가) literally means “family pig”. Apparently, in the past, snakes often invaded houses and owners tried to stop them by raising pigs, the natural enemies of snakes. From this meaning the word 가족(家族), which means “home” or “family”, was created.

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korean slang [part 1]

문찐 - culture loser, someone who is not interested in or does not know much about pop culture, new trends.

short for 문화찐따 = 문화(culture) + 찐따 (loser).

사진빨 - being very photogenic.

from 사진발, from 사진 (寫眞, photo) + 발 (lines, streaks).

엔조이 - enjoyment, casual romantic relationship.

네덕 - selfish, immature, and conceited fan or poster.

short for 네이버 ("Naver", main South Korean search engine and platform) + 덕후 (otaku, fan), originally because such people were most common on Naver's general blogs, rather than on more specialized platforms.

수포자 - someone who has given up on studying math (in school).

contraction of 수학 포기자.

솔크 - Christmas without a romantic partner.

of 솔로 solo + Christmas. Christmas is considered a romantic holiday in South Korea.

읽씹 - leaving a text or message on read, and not reply.

안읽씹 - intentionally leaving a text or message on unread.

ㄴㅇㅎ - being incomprehensible.

마자마자 - truetrue, yesyes.

호구 - an overly naive and submissive person; pushover.

sino-korean word from 虎口, from 虎 (“tiger”) + 口 (“mouth”). The "pushover" sense derives from the game of Go sense, implying someone who would be submissive enough to be willing to place their stone in such a position.

현자타임/현타 - (vulgar) post-nut clarity or (non-vulgar) a moment when one realizes that what one is doing is actually pointless, reality check.

현자(賢者) +‎ 타임, calque of Japanese 賢者タイム (“post-nut clarity”).

a non-vulgar reanalysis of the above as an abbreviation of 현실(現實) 자각(自覺) 타임 (“reality perception moment”). the new interpretation retains a metaphoric extension of the original meaning, but in a non-sexual way. many Koreans are not aware of the original etymology, and the word has appeared in TV programs for general audiences.

스포당하다 - to accidentally read spoilers (of a film, video game).

눈팅 - only read articles or posts without leaving any comment; lurking.

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텍대 [internet slang]

it means "text replacement" and usually looks like this:

usage used to spam words and emoji at the same time effortlessly. not all 텍대 are the same, and not all of them are meant to be funny, but they are usually created for the sake of a joke. popular among k-pop fans.

etymology

short of 텍스트 대치, where 텍스트 (text) + 대치 (replacement)

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Chinese idioms of the week

时时刻刻 [shíshíkèkè] - constantly; all the time

引经据典 [yǐnjīngjùdiǎn] - to quote the classical texts

胡说八道 [húshuōbādào] - to talk nonsense

乱七八糟 [luànqībāzāo] - in a complete mess; at sixes and sevens

不伦不类 [bùlúnbùlèi] - nondescript; neither fish nor fowl

不明不白 [bùmíngbùbái] - unclear, vague, for no reason

大喊大叫 [dàhǎndàjiào] - to scream loudly

日日夜夜 [rìrìyèyè] - day and night; day in, day out

哭哭啼啼 [kūkutítí] - to cry continuously

筋疲力尽 [jīnpílìjìn] - to be exhausted

下定决心 [xiàdìngjuéxīn] - to make a firm resolution

毫无疑问 [háowúyíwèn] - without a doubt; certainly

吞吞吐吐 [tūntūntǔtǔ] - to mutter and mumble

仅此而已 [[jǐncǐéryǐ] - just this and nothing more

一五一十 [yīwǔyīshí] - (of narrating) in full detail

井然有序 [jǐngrányǒuxù] - orderly; in apple-pie order

不好意思 [bùhǎoyìsi] - too embarrassed or shy to do something

无关紧要 [wúguānjǐnyào] - unimportant

日积月累 [rìjīyuèlěi] - to accumulate over a long period

事先通知 [shìxiāntōngzhī] - to announce in advance

夸夸其谈 [kuākuāqítán] - to boast; to talk big

All of these I encountered while reading the book <鞋带> by Domenico Starnone. It's a translation from Italian. I would recommend it for those who have an intermediate level. The language is quite simple and the sentences are short which is good for language learning. The overall story is also engaging.

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ART HISTORY WORD LIST

I'm slowly reading a book called 청소년을 위한 한국미술사 (Korean Art History for Youth). In the process I came across many interesting terms that may be useful for those who are interested in Korean art and history and maybe would like to read about such topics in Korean in the future. So I decided to share the vocabulary list. Perhaps, to be continued.

선사 [先史] - prehistory

도안 [圖案] - design

암각화 [巖刻畵] - petroglyphs

청동 [靑銅] - bronze

빗살무늬 토기 - comb-pattern pottery

유물 [遺物] - relic, artifact

미의식 [美意識] - aesthetic sense

창의력 [創意力] - creativity

삼국 시대 [三國時代] - Three Kingdoms of Korea

불교 [佛敎] - Buddhism

부처의 현신 [現身] - the Buddha who appeared in the form of a famine in order to save sentient beings

소재 [素材] - material

국교 [國敎] - established religion

강대국 [强大國] - (world) power, powerful nation

학술 [學術] - scholarship

석총 [石塚] - stone grave

석실봉토무덤 [石室封土무덤] - stone-filled tomb

기원전 [紀元前] - B.C. (Before Christ): 기원전 50년 - 50 B.C.

고고학 [考古學] - archaeology

묘제 [墓祭] - a memorial service held before the grave

전기 [前期] - the former part

평면도 - ground plan (architecture)

초상화 [肖像畵] - portrait

고분벽화 [古墳壁畫] - ancient tomb mural

사당 [祠堂] - shrine

신주 [神主] - ancestral tablet

경외감 [敬畏感] - sense of awe

환희 [歡喜] - (great) joy, delight

전달력 [傳達力]- transmission

구체적 [具體的] - detailed

기인하다 [起因하다] - result from

순수 [純粹] - purity

공예품 - handicraft, craftwork

문화재 [文化財] - cultural properties

보관 [保管] - storage

걸작 [傑作] - masterpiece

보고 [寶庫] - repository

청자 [靑瓷] - celadon

극치 [極致] - the height (of)

영토 [領土] - territory, domain

만주 [滿洲] - Manchuria

수나라 [隋나라] - Sui Dynasty

당나라 [唐나라] - Tang Dynasty

명장 [名將] - great commander

저항하다 [抵抗하다] - resist

패망하다 [敗亡하다] - collapse