어불성설

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 語不成說.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)buɭsʰʌ̹ŋsʰʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eobulseongseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eobulseongseol
McCune–Reischauer?ŏbulsŏngsŏl
Yale Romanization?ēpul.sengsel

Noun

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어불성설 (eobulseongseol) (hanja 語不成說)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) something preposterous and illogical; nonsense
    Synonym: 만불성설(萬不成說) (manbulseongseol)