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🌟 화두 (話頭)

☆   Noun  

1. 이야기의 첫머리.

1. TOPIC; SUBJECT; TALKING POINT: Literally meaning the head of a story, the topic of a conversation or speech, etc.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 화두를 꺼내다.
    Bring out a topic.
  • 화두를 던지다.
    Throw a topic.
  • 화두를 돌리다.
    Turn the topic around.
  • 화두를 바꾸다.
    Change the subject.
  • 화두를 생각하다.
    Think of a topic.
  • 새 사장이 취임식에서 꺼낸 화두는 기업의 성장이었다.
    The topic the new president brought up at his inauguration was corporate growth.
  • 의장이 에너지 문제를 화두로 던지자 모두들 해결 방안을 쏟아냈다.
    When the chairman threw the energy issue at the table, everyone poured out solutions.
  • ♔ 이 일에 대해서는 너무 오래 논의하는 것 같아요.
    I think we've been discussing this for too long.
    ♕ 그럼 화두를 돌려서 다른 이야기를 해 볼까요?
    So let's turn the topic around and talk about something else.

3. 관심을 두어 중요하게 생각하거나 이야기할 만한 것.

3. TOPIC: An important subject that is worth thinking or talking about with interest.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 새로운 화두.
    A new topic.
  • 화두가 되다.
    Become the talk of the town.
  • 화두로 떠오르다.
    Become a hot topic.
  • 화두로 삼다.
    Make a topic of conversation.
  • 그는 그 문제를 평생의 화두로 삼았다.
    He made the subject a lifelong topic.
  • 요즘 학생들 사이의 가장 큰 화두는 다음 달에 있을 야구 시합이다.
    The biggest topic among students these days is the baseball game next month.
  • ♔ 지금 무슨 이야기를 하고 있어요?
    What are you talking about?
    ♕ 요즘 최고의 화두인 월드컵 축구 얘기죠.
    World cup soccer is the talk of the town.

2. 불교에서, 수행을 하는 사람이 깨달음을 얻기 위한 실마리로 삼는 말.

2. KEYWORD: In Buddhism, literally meaning the head of a story, a word or phrase used by an ascetic as a clue to reach spiritual enlightenment.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 화두를 받다.
    Receive the topic of conversation.
  • 화두를 제시하다.
    Present a topic.
  • 중은 조용한 곳에 앉아 화두를 생각했다.
    Zhong sat in a quiet place and thought of the topic.
  • 몇몇 사람은 화두를 받기 위해 스님을 찾기도 했다.
    Some even went to the monk to get a topic.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: • 화두 (화두)
📚 Category: Philosophy, Ethics  

🗣️ 화두 (話頭) @ Usage Example

🌷 ㅎㄷ: Initial sound 화두

💕Start 화두 🌾End

Start 화

화 End

Start 두

두 End


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