day 105four-character words: people and ways

unit 15 · wisdom & belief

four-character words: people and ways

Describe people and their ways with four-character words (외유내강, 팔방미인, 자수성가, 칠전팔기, 함흥차사, 횡설수설) and ask for the whole story: 자초지종.

today’s words

왈가왈부 walgawalbu · arguing back and forth (曰可曰否)
외유내강 oeyunaegang · gentle outside, strong inside (外柔內剛)
우여곡절 uyeogokjeol · twists and turns, ups and downs
우후죽순 uhujuksun · springing up everywhere
유비무환 yubimuhwan · be prepared and you won’t worry (有備無患)
유유상종 yuyusangjong · birds of a feather flock together
유일무이 yuilmui · one and only, unique (唯一無二)
이심전심 isimjeonsim · understanding without words (以心傳心)
인산인해 insaninhae · a sea of people, huge crowds
자급자족 jageupjajok · self-sufficiency
자수성가 jasuseongga · a self-made success (自手成家)
자유분방 jayubunbang · free-spirited, uninhibited
자유자재 jayujajae · with complete freedom, at will
자초지종 jachojijong · the whole story, from start to finish
장유유서 jangyuyuseo · order of age (elders before the young)
전무후무 jeonmuhumu · unprecedented and unrepeatable
전화위복 jeonhwawibok · a blessing in disguise (轉禍爲福)
칠전팔기 chiljeonpalgi · fall seven times, rise eight (七顚八起)
타산지석 tasanjiseok · a lesson from others (他山之石)
파란만장 paranmanjang · full of ups and downs, eventful
팔방미인 palbangmiin · a jack of all trades, good at everything
함흥차사 hamheungchasa · someone who never comes back with news
현모양처 hyeonmoyangcheo · wise mother and good wife (old ideal)
횡설수설 hoengseolsuseol · rambling, talking nonsense

sentences

부처님 오신 날, 절은 승려와 관광객으로 인산인해였다. · On Buddha’s Birthday the temple was a sea of monks and tourists.
요즘 동네마다 작은 카페가 우후죽순처럼 생겨나고 있다. · These days small cafés are springing up like mushrooms in every neighbourhood.
유유상종이라더니 그 친구들은 취미까지 비슷하다. · Birds of a feather flock together: those friends even share their hobbies.
그는 낯선 도시에 뿌리내린 자수성가형 사업가이다. · He is a self-made businessman who put down roots in a strange city.
파란만장한 삶 속에서도 할머니는 할아버지와 백년해로하셨다. · Through a life full of ups and downs, Grandmother grew old together with Grandfather.