🌟 십시일반 (十匙一飯)

  Noun  

1. 밥 열 숟가락이 한 그릇이 된다는 뜻으로, 여러 사람이 힘을 합치면 한 사람을 쉽게 도울 수 있다는 말.

1. MAKING A UNITED EFFORT TO HELP A PERSON: The idiom that a combined donation can save one needy person easily, from whose literal meaning, "Ten spoons of rice fills a bowl".

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 십시일반으로 갹출하다.
    Ten o'clock general.
  • 십시일반으로 돕다.
    Help as usual.
  • 십시일반으로 모으다.
    Gather round.
  • 십시일반으로 추렴하다.
    Divide into the ten o'clock general.
  • 학교 아이들이 십시일반으로 성금을 모은 덕분에 나는 수술비를 마련할 수 있었다.
    Thanks to the ten o'clock donations of the school children, i was able to raise the operating expenses.
  • 우리는 도시락이 없는 민준이를 위해 십시일반으로 각자의 점심을 조금씩 민준이에게 덜어 주었다.
    For min-jun, who had no lunchboxes, we gave min-jun a little lunch of each of us.
  • 지수를 도울 방법이 없을까?
    Is there any way to help the index?
    십시일반으로 우리가 조금씩 돈을 모아 주면 지수한테 큰 도움이 될 거야.
    If we save a little bit of money in general, it'll be a big help to ji-soo.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 십시일반 (십씨일반)

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