🌟 반문 (反問)

  Noun  

1. 물음에 대답하지 않고 질문을 한 상대방에게 도리어 물음.

1. ASKING BACK: The act of asking back rather than answering the question that one received.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 한마디의 반문.
    A word of refutation.
  • 반문을 던지다.
    Throw a counter-question.
  • 반문을 제기하다.
    Raise an objection.
  • 반문을 하다.
    Reiterate.
  • 발표자는 청중의 예상치 못한 반문에 당황해서 대답을 하지 못했다.
    The presenter was bewildered by the unexpected reaction from the audience and could not answer.
  • 그 여배우는 리포터의 도가 지나친 질문에 대답하지 않고 반문을 던졌다.
    The actress threw a counter-question without answering the reporter's excessive questions.
  • 그 토론자의 반문은 정말 적절하지 않았니?
    Wasn't the debater's rebuttal really appropriate?
    응. 그런 얼토당토않은 질문엔 차라리 답하지 않고 되묻는 게 더 효과적이었던 것 같아.
    Yeah. i think it would have been more effective to ask such an absurd question without answering it.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 반문 (반ː문)
📚 Derivative: 반문하다(反問하다): 물음에 대답하지 않고 질문을 한 상대방에게 도리어 묻다.
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