bridge of no return

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English

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Etymology

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Calque of Korean 돌아올 수 없는 다리 (doraol su eomneun dari)

Proper noun

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bridge of no return

  1. A bridge crossing the military demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea.
    • 1988, John S. Edwards, editor, American Ex-prisoners of War: Non Solum Armis, Turner Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 32:
      Three birthdays and 28 months later I was released at Panmunjom when the war ended and crossed the Bridge of No Return to rejoin the human race.

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