🌟 문지방 (門地枋)

Noun  

1. 방의 출입문이나 대문에서 문의 바깥쪽과 안쪽을 구분해 주는 문틀의 아래 부분.

1. THRESHOLD: The bottom part of the frame of a room door or main gate that separates the inside and outside.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 문지방을 넘다.
    Cross the threshold.
  • 문지방을 밟다.
    Step on the doorstep.
  • 문지방에 걸리다.
    Get the threshold.
  • 문지방에 걸터앉다.
    Sit on the threshold.
  • 문지방에 서다.
    Stand at the threshold.
  • 예부터 문지방에 앉으면 복이 달아난다는 말이 있다.
    There's been a saying that sitting on the threshold of an old saying, blessings run away.
  • 어머니는 걸레질을 하고 나오다가 문지방에 발이 걸려 넘어지고 말았다.
    Mother came out mopping and tripped over the threshold.
  • 나가려면 나가고 들어오려면 들어오지 왜 문지방에 그러고 서 있어?
    Out to get out, in to get in. why are you standing at the doorstep?
    이제 막 나가려던 참이었어요.
    I was just about to leave.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 문지방 (문찌방)

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