칠전팔기
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 七轉八起 (“tumbling seven times, standing up eight times”), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 七転八起 (shichitenhakki).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰiʎd͡ʑʌ̹npʰa̠ɭɡi]
- Phonetic hangul: [칠전팔기]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | chiljeonpalgi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | chiljeonpalgi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'iljŏnp'algi |
| Yale Romanization? | chilcenphal.ki |
Noun
[edit]칠전팔기 • (chiljeonpalgi) (hanja 七轉八起)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) "tumbling seven times and standing up eight times"; persevering despite repeated failures
Derived terms
[edit]- 칠전팔기(七轉八起)하다 (chiljeonpalgihada)