🌟 하루살이

Noun  

1. 여름철 저녁에 떼를 지어 날아다니며 몇 시간에서 며칠 정도로 짧게 사는 벌레.

1. MAYFLY; DAYFLY: An insect, flying around in swarms in the evening in summer, which lives only a few hours or up to a few days.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 하루살이가 달라붙다.
    Haru's flesh clings together.
  • 하루살이가 득실대다.
    Haru is full of life.
  • 하루살이들이 떼를 지어 날아다니고 있었다.
    Day by day were flying in packs.
  • 날이 저무니 하루살이가 백열등에 모여들기 시작했다.
    Day by day began to gather in incandescent lamps.
  • 저 공기 중에 잔뜩 모여 있는 벌레들은 대체 뭐야?
    What the hell are those bugs that are all over the air?
    응, 하루살이 같은데?
    Yeah, it looks like a day.

2. 하루하루를 어렵게 겨우 살아가는 사람. 또는 그런 생활.

2. LIVING HAND TO MOUTH; EARNING A SCANTY LIVING; MAKING ENDS MEET: The act of barely managing to support oneself or earn a living; or a person living in such a situation.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 하루살이 목숨.
    One day's life.
  • 하루살이 삶.
    A life of a day by day.
  • 하루살이 신세.
    I owe you a day.
  • 하루살이 인생.
    A day-to-day life.
  • 하루살이를 하다.
    Live a day.
  • 폐품을 모아 파는 노인은 하루살이 신세나 다름없었다.
    The old man who collects and sells waste products was as good as a day's living.
  • 태풍으로 집이 날아 간 김 씨는 하루살이처럼 목숨만 겨우 부지하고 살았다.
    Kim, whose house was blown away by the typhoon, barely survived.
  • 술 좀 그만 마셔요.
    Stop drinking.
    하루살이 인생, 술 마시는 재미도 없으면 어떡하나.
    What if you don't have the pleasure of living a day-to-day drinking?

3. (비유적으로) 아주 짧은 기간 동안 이어진 생활이나 목숨, 정권 등.

3. EPHEMERAL; DAYFLY: (figurative) An extremely short-lived creature, life, regime, etc.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 하루살이 목숨.
    One day's life.
  • 하루살이 신세.
    I owe you a day.
  • 하루살이 인생.
    A day-to-day life.
  • 하루살이 정권.
    A one-day regime.
  • 하루살이 목숨처럼 그 배우의 인기는 금방 떨어졌다.
    The actor's popularity quickly dropped, like a day's own.
  • 젊은 나이에 요절한 그 가수는 하루살이 인생을 살다 갔다.
    The singer, who died young, lived his life for a day.
  • 회사가 어려워지면 언제 해고될지 모르는 직장인의 비애란.
    The grief of an office worker who may be fired if the company becomes difficult.
    하긴 월급쟁이 목숨, 하루살이 목숨이니까.
    Well, it's a salary man's life, a day's worth.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 하루살이 (하루사리)

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