{"id":7173,"date":"2021-08-27T09:27:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2021-08-27T00:30:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:30:49","slug":"four-character-idioms-that-will-improve-the-level-of-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/four-character-idioms-that-will-improve-the-level-of-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-Character Idioms That Will Improve the Level of Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before <\/span>\ud55c\uae00 (Hangul:<\/b> Korean alphabets) was invented, Koreans used Chinese characters. In fact, only <\/span>\uc591\ubc18 (yang-bahn:<\/b> higher-class nobles) were allowed to write and read in Chinese. Therefore, the gap between the nobility and <\/span>\ubc31\uc131 (baek-sung<\/b>: the ordinary people) was too big to overcome.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\uc138\uc885\ub300\uc655 (se-jong-dae-wang<\/b>: King Sejong) in Chosun Dynasty had a desire to enlighten <\/span>\ubc31\uc131<\/span> because he strongly believed that even the ordinary people could live better lives if they could be literate. Thus, he invented our own characters and proclaimed them to the public in 1446.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Korean is a completely different language from Chinese, but a lot of Korean words are derived from <\/span>\ud55c\ubb38 (han-moon<\/b>: Chinese characters). It reminds me that languages are often affected by historical and regional reasons. The more I speak English as a second language, the more I discover the importance of studying foreign languages that are embedded in English, such as German or French.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\uace0\uc0ac\uc131\uc5b4 (goh-sah-sung-uh<\/b>: <\/span>idiom originated from an ancient event)<\/span> is one of the Chinese derived words in Korean. They are usually made up of four Chinese characters. They imply valuable lessons in life or originated from old stories. You might hear similar terms such as <\/span>\ud55c\uc790\uc131\uc5b4 (han-jah-sung-uh<\/b>: Chinese character idioms), <\/span>\uc0ac\uc790\uc131\uc5b4 (sah-jah-sung-uh<\/b>: four-letter idioms) and <\/span>\uc131\uc5b4 (sung-uh<\/b>: an idiom, it often indicates the two-letter idioms), but they are all synonyms of \uace0\uc0ac\uc131\uc5b4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, I will introduce you to the most commonly used \uace0\uc0ac\uc131\uc5b4 in modern Korean. The purpose of learning \ud55c\uc790\uc131\uc5b4 is to use them in related situations. Thus, it is important to understand the meaning of each \uc131\uc5b4 rather than memorize them without associating cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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