🌟 조령모개 (朝令暮改)

Noun  

1. 아침에 내린 명령을 저녁에 다시 고친다는 뜻으로, 법률이나 명령을 자주 고침.

1. BEING CAPRICIOUS; CAPRICE: From the literal meaning of making an order in the morning and changing it in the evening, the act of modifying laws and orders frequently.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 조령모개의 행정.
    The administration of the imperial household agency.
  • 조령모개의 혼란.
    Chaeryeong's confusion.
  • 조령모개를 하다.
    To imitate a code.
  • 조령모개로 바뀌다.
    Turn into a commandeer.
  • 정부의 교육 정책은 조령모개가 심해 학생들의 혼란을 가중시켰다.
    The government's education policy has added to the confusion among students due to its strong regulations.
  • 수입 규제 제도는 도입한 지 불과 일 년 만에 조령모개로 폐지되었다.
    The import regulation system was abolished just a year after it was introduced.
  • 재수강 제도가 바뀌는 것에 대해 학생들의 반발이 심하다면서요?
    I hear there's a lot of resistance from the students to the change in the retake system.
    네, 한 학기 만에 바뀐다니 조령모개라며 반대하고 있어요.
    Yes, they're against it, saying it's a conspiracy to change in just one semester.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 조령모개 (조령모개)
📚 Derivative: 조령모개하다: 법령을 자꾸 고쳐서 갈피를 잡기가 어려워지다. 아침에 명령을 내렸다가 저녁…

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