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🌟 서생 (書生)

Noun  

1. 유교를 공부하는 사람.

1. YOUNG CONFUCIAN: A person who studies Confucianism.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 서생의 글.
    The epistolary writing.
  • 서생이 공부하다.
    The student studies.
  • 서생을 가르치다.
    Teach one's pupils.
  • 서생을 모으다.
    Collect pupils.
  • 서생으로 살다.
    Live as a bastard.
  • 이 마을의 지주는 전국의 서생들을 모았다.
    The village's landlords gathered the country's sages.
  • 나라가 권력 다툼으로 쓰러져 갈 때 서생들은 힘을 모아 나라를 일으켰다.
    When the country collapsed in a power struggle, the pupils joined forces to raise the country.
  • ♔ 이런 숲 속에 서당이 있었다니 신기하네요.
    It's amazing that there was a shrine in this forest.
    ♕ 그래서 서생들이 글공부를 하는 데는 제격이었지요.
    So it was perfect for the students to study.
Synonym 유생(儒生): 유교를 공부하는 선비.

2. (비유적으로) 글만 읽어 세상일에 서투른 선비.

2. BOOK-SMART SCHOLAR: (figurative) A scholar who does nothing but study so much so that he or she is poor at handling worldly affairs.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 서생 노릇.
    To be an apprentice.
  • 서생을 깔보다.
    Look down upon one's pupils.
  • 서생을 무시하다.
    Ignore life.
  • 서생으로 남다.
    Remain a bastard.
  • 서생으로 자족하다.
    Be content with one's penis.
  • 삼촌은 한평생 책만 읽은 서생으로 세상 물정은 전혀 모른다.
    Uncle is a bastard who has only read books all his life and knows nothing about the world.
  • 지수는 돈 한 푼 벌어 오지 못하는 서생 나부랭이와 사랑에 빠졌다.
    Jisoo fell in love with a naughty boy who couldn't make a penny.
  • ♔ 자네 같은 일개 서생이 뭘 알겠나?
    What does a student like you know?
    ♕ 책상 앞에 앉아 공부만 했다고 무시하지 마십시오.
    Don't ignore the fact that you just sit at your desk and study.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: • 서생 (서생)

🌷 ㅅㅅ: Initial sound 서생

💕Start 서생 🌾End

Start 서

서 End

Start 생

생 End


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Source: Basic Korean Dictionary
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