🌟 적막강산 (寂寞江山)

Noun

1. 매우 조용하고 쓸쓸한 풍경.

1. DEAD QUIETNESS; DESOLATENESS: A very quiet and lonesome scene.

🗣️ Usage Example:

겨울의 적막강산.
The desolate mountains of winter.
밤 깊은 적막강산.
Deep-in-the-night silence mountains.
썰렁한 적막강산.
A dreary silence mountain.
적막강산이 계속되다.
The silence continues.
적막강산으로 변하다.
Turn into a mountain of silence.
밤에 보는 넓은 갈대밭은 그야말로 적막강산이었다.
The vast field of reeds seen at night was simply a mountain of silence.
학생들이 모두 떠난 저녁의 학교는 적막강산 그 자체였다.
The evening school where all the students left was the silent river itself.
♔ 이번에 다녀오신 산은 어떠셨나요?
How was the mountain you went to this time?
♕ 새소리조차 나지 않는 적막강산이었지요.
It was a quiet mountain that didn't even make a bird's-eye.

2. (비유적으로) 앞일을 알 수 없게 희망이 없고 답답한 형편이나 마음.

2. HOPELESSNESS: (figurative) The condition or state of being hopeless and frustrated due to an uncertain future.

🗣️ Usage Example:

캄캄한 적막강산.
Dark silence gangsan.
적막강산이 되다.
Become a desolate mountain.
나는 사업이 망하고 어떻게 살아야 할지 적막강산이었다.
I've been in the dark about how my business went down and how to live.
지수는 낯선 도시에 아는 사람도 없어 마음이 적막강산이었다.
Ji-su was heartless because no one knew her in a strange city.
♔ 가게가 잘 안돼서 이제 어떻게 해야 할지 모르겠어요.
I don't know what to do with the store.
♕ 그러게 말이에요. 그냥 적막강산이에요.
I know. it's just a mountain of silence.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: • 적막강산 (정막깡산)

🌷 ㅈㅁㄱㅅ: Initial sound 적막강산

ㅈㅁㄱㅅ ( 주마간산 ) : 자세히 살피지 않고 대충대충 보고 지나감. Noun
🌏 SKIM: The act of failing to take a close look and consequently glancing over something.
ㅈㅁㄱㅅ ( 적막강산 ) : 매우 조용하고 쓸쓸한 풍경. Noun
🌏 DEAD QUIETNESS; DESOLATENESS: A very quiet and lonesome scene.

💕Start 적막강산 🌾End

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적 End

Start 막

막 End

Start 강

강 End

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