🌟 퇴물 (退物)

Noun  

1. 윗사람이 쓰다가 물려준 물건.

1. HAND-ME-DOWN: An object used and handed down by one's superior.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 퇴물이 많다.
    There is a lot of scarcity.
  • 퇴물을 쓰다.
    Use a scourge.
  • 어린 시절 내 옷은 모두 언니가 입던 퇴물뿐이었다.
    All my childhood clothes were junk that my sister wore.
  • 이 가방은 할머니가 쓰시던 퇴물이지만 내게는 무엇보다 소중하다.
    This bag is used by my grandmother, but it is more precious than anything to me.

2. 마음에 들지 않아 거절당한 물건.

2. USELESS STUFF: An object rejected because its owner did not like it.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 퇴물이 많다.
    There is a lot of scarcity.
  • 퇴물이 쌓이다.
    Debris pile up.
  • 퇴물로 취급하다.
    Treat as a scourge.
  • 퇴물로 여겨지다.
    Considered to be a scourge.
  • 오랜만에 정리를 하려고 서랍을 열었더니 퇴물만 가득했다.
    I opened the drawer to clean it up after a long time, and it was full of dirt.
  • 방 안을 가득 채운 그 물건들은 누가 봐도 퇴물인 것들이 전부였다.
    The stuff that filled the room was nothing but junk.
  • 우리는 새로운 물건을 사면 이전에 쓰던 것은 쉽게 퇴물로 취급해 버린다.
    When we buy a new item, we easily treat what we used before as a waste.
  • 요즘은 새로운 기술이 급속도로 개발되며 어제의 발명품이 오늘의 퇴물이 되어 버린다.
    Nowadays new technology is rapidly developing and yesterday's invention is becoming today's scourge.

3. (낮잡아 이르는 말로) 어떤 직업에서 물러난 사람.

3. HAS-BEEN: (disparaging) A person who retired from a position.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 퇴물 부장.
    The manager of the eviction department.
  • 퇴물이 되다.
    Go to waste.
  • 김 씨는 이제 퇴물이 된 자신은 현장에서 떠나겠다고 말했다.
    Mr. kim said he would leave the scene now that he has been evicted.
  • 그 사람은 한때 많은 사원들의 존경을 받았지만 이제는 퇴물일 뿐이었다.
    He was once respected by many temples, but now he was nothing but a decadent.
  • 이렇게 퇴물 부장과 퇴사한 사원이 만나서 술을 마시게 될 줄은 몰랐네.
    I never thought i'd meet the manager of the junkyard and the employee who left the company for a drink.
    퇴물이라니요! 박 부장님은 저의 역할 모델이셨습니다.
    What do you mean a piece of shit! manager park was my role model.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 퇴물 (퇴ː물) 퇴물 (퉤ː물)

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