고단수
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 高段數 (“high-ranking number”). Probably coined relatively recently in Korea; it is first attested in the 1960s in mainstream South Korean media sources.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞da̠nsʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [고단수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | godansu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | godansu |
McCune–Reischauer? | kodansu |
Yale Romanization? | kotanswu |
Noun
[edit]- quick-witted, cunning person
- 2007 October 23, “'바둑외교'로 국왕 잃은 백제 다시'바둑'으로 국운 걸다 [badugoegyo ro gugwang ireun baekje dasi baduk euro gugun geolda]”, in Daejeon Ilbo[1]:
- 장수왕이 파견한 바둑 고단수 도림의 꼬임에 빠져 대규모 토목 공사를 일으킴으로써 국력을 낭비하고 고구려의 공격으로 비참한 최후를 맞는다.
- Jangsuwang-i pagyeonhan baduk godansu Dorim-ui kkoim-e ppajeo daegyumo tomok gongsa-reul ireukimeurosseo gungnyeog-eul nangbihago Goguryeo-ui gonggyeog-euro bichamhan choehu-reul manneunda.
- Convinced by the ruses of the go expert Dorim, who King Jangsu [of Goguryeo] had dispatched [to weaken the enemy kingdom], he [the king] exhausted the realm's resources through major monumental projects and met a dismal end with the Goguryeo invasion.
- cunning artifice