🌟 초토 (焦土)

Noun

1. 불에 타서 검게 그을린 땅.

1. SCORCHED EARTH: Land blackened from being burned in fire.

🗣️ Usage Example:

초토가 되다.
Be devastated.
초토를 가꾸다.
Cultivate the grassland.
초토를 바라보다.
Look at the grass.
초토로 만들다.
Make into clay.
초토로 변하다.
Turn to ashes.
우리는 전쟁이 나서 초토가 된 마을을 바라보며 눈물을 흘렸다.
We we wept as we looked at the village that was devastated by the war.
마을 뒤에 산이 하나가 있었는데 산불이 나는 바람에 초토로 변했다.
There was a mountain behind the village and it turned to ashes when a forest fire broke out.
♔ 어휴, 이게 도대체 어떻게 된 일이야? 산불이 마을로 옮겼다더니 불이 크게 났나 보네.
Whoa, what the hell is going on here? the forest fire moved to the village.looks like there's been a big fire.
♕ 산뿐만 아니라 마을도 아주 초토가 되었네.
Not only the mountains, but also the villages.

초토: scorched earth,しょうど【焦土】,terre brûlée,tierra quemada,أرض محروقة,шатсан газар,đất cháy sém,พื้นที่ที่ถูกไฟไหม้, พื้นดินที่ถูกไฟไหม้, บริเวณที่ถูกไฟไหม้,tanah hangus,сгоревшая земля,焦土,

2. (비유적으로) 불에 탄 것처럼 못 쓰게 된 상태.

2. USELESS THING: (figurative) The state of something being unusable as if it were burned.

🗣️ Usage Example:

초토가 되다.
Be devastated.
초토를 견디다.
Bear the grass.
초토로 만들다.
Make into clay.
초토로 변하다.
Turn to ashes.
초토에서 가꾸다.
Cultivate in the grassland.
초토에서 만들다.
Make from the ground.
초토처럼 되다.
Be reduced to ashes.
초토처럼 변하다.
Change like grass.
비록 초토처럼 아주 못 쓰게 된 땅이었지만 사람들은 경작을 하기 시작했다.
Although it was a very poor land like the grass, people began to cultivate it.
비가 오랫동안 오지 않아 땅이 갈라지더니 급기야는 초토로 변하고 말았다.
The ground split because it didn't rain for a long time, and finally it turned to ashes.
♔ 이것 좀 봐. 우리가 지난번에 봉사 활동하러 갔던 지역에서 기른 농작물이래.
Look at this. it's a crop we grew in the area we went to do volunteer work last time.
♕ 어머, 그때 거기 다 초토였잖아? 어느새 농작물이 자라게 되었구나.
Oh, it was all chocolate back then, right? the crops have grown before i know it.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: • 초토 (초토)

🌷 ㅊㅌ: Initial sound 초토

ㅊㅌ ( 채택 ) : 여러 가지 중에서 골라서 다루거나 뽑아 씀. ☆☆ Noun
🌏 SELECTION; CHOICE: An act of choosing among many.
ㅊㅌ ( 치통 ) : 이가 쑤시거나 몹시 아픈 것. ☆ Noun
🌏 TOOTHACHE: Soreness or pain in one's tooth.
ㅊㅌ ( 채팅 ) : 인터넷을 통해 여러 사용자가 실시간으로 모니터 화면을 보며 대화를 나누는 일. ☆ Noun
🌏 ONLINE CHAT: A type of communication over the Internet in which several users can have a conversation in real-time through their monitors.

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