🌟 쇠잔하다 (衰殘 하다)

Verb  

1. 힘이나 세력이 점점 줄어서 약해지다.

1. FAIL; DECLINE: For the strength or power to gradually decline and weaken.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 쇠잔한 모습.
    A wretched figure.
  • 국력이 쇠잔하다.
    The national power is weak.
  • 근육이 쇠잔하다.
    The muscles are weak.
  • 기력이 쇠잔하다.
    Be in low spirits.
  • 몸이 쇠잔하다.
    I feel weak.
  • 내 몸은 이제 늙고 쇠잔해서 더 이상 일을 할 수가 없다.
    My body is now old and frail, and i can no longer work.
  • 그는 십 년 넘게 인력거를 끌어 근육이 쇠잔해 더 이상 힘을 쓸 수 없었다.
    He pulled the rickshaw for more than a decade and his muscles were weak, so he could no longer use his strength.
  • 아내는 병든 남편을 몇 년 동안 간병하면서 육체와 정신이 모두 쇠잔해 갔다.
    The wife had been taking care of her sick husband for years, and both her body and mind had become debilitated.
  • 얼굴에 쇠잔한 빛이 역력하구나. 보약이라도 지어 줄까?
    You have a faint glow on your face. do you want me to make you some medicine?
    아니에요. 며칠 쉬면 괜찮아질 거예요.
    No. you'll be fine after a few days off.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 쇠잔하다 (쇠잔하다) 쇠잔하다 (쉐잔하다)
📚 Derivative: 쇠잔(衰殘): 힘이나 세력이 점점 줄어서 약해짐.

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