불감청 고소원
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Korean[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- 불감청(不敢請)이언정 고소원(固所願) (bulgamcheong'ieonjeong gosowon), 불감청(不敢請)이나 고소원(固所願) (bulgamcheong'ina gosowon)
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Korean word from 不敢請固所願, from 不敢請 (“one dares not ask”) + 固所願 (“what one desired in the first place”). From the Chinese classic Mencius, third century BCE:
- 孟子致爲臣而歸。王就見孟子，曰：「前日願見而不可得，得侍，同朝甚喜。今又棄寡人而歸，不識可以繼此而得見乎？」對曰：「不敢請耳，固所願也。」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: Mencius, translated by James Legge
- Maengja chi wi sin i gwi. Wang chwi gyeon Maengja, wal: "Jeonil won gyeon i bulga deuk, deuk si, dong jo sim hui. Geum u gi gwain i gwi, bul sik gai gye cha i deuk gyeon ho? Dae wal: Bul gam cheong i, go sowon ya. [Sino-Korean]
- Mencius gave up his office, and [made arrangements for] returning to his native State. The king came to visit him, and said, "Formerly, I wished to see you, but in vain. Then, I got the opportunity of being by your side, and all my court joyed exceedingly along with me. Now again you abandon me, and are returning home. I do not know if hereafter I may expect to have another opportunity of seeing you." Mencius replied, "I dare not request [permission to visit you at any particular time], but, indeed, it is what I desire."
Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭɡa̠mt͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋ ko̞sʰo̞wʌ̹n]
- Phonetic hangul: [불감청 고소원]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bulgamcheong gosowon |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bulgamcheong gosowon |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pulgamch'ŏng kosowŏn |
| Yale Romanization? | pul.kamcheng kosowen |
Noun[edit]
불감청 고소원 • (bulgamcheong gosowon) (hanja 不敢請固所願)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) something which one desires but dares not to request
- 2018 November 9, “전원책, 한국당 '해촉' 통보에 "불감청 고소원(不敢請 固所願)"…무슨 뜻? [jeonwonchaek, han'gukdang haechok tongbo'e bulgamcheong gosowon(不敢請 固所願)…museun tteut?]”, in The Dong-a Ilbo[1]:
- 전원책 변호사는 9일 자유한국당 조직강화특별위원에서 해촉된 것을 두고 […] 이날 연합뉴스와의 통화에서 "'불감청 고소원'이다. 개혁을 거부하는 정당에 무슨 미련이 있겠나"라고 말했다.
- Jeon-wonchaek byeonhosa-neun gu'il jayuhan'gukdang jojik-ganghwa-teukbyeor-wiwon-eseo haechok-doen geos-eul dugo [ … ] inal yeonhamnyuseu-wa-ui tonghwa-eseo bulgamcheong gosowon -ida. Gaehyeog-eul geobu-haneun jeongdang-e museun miryeon-i itgenna-rago mal-haetda.
- Lawyer Jeon Won-chaek said of his dismissal from the Liberty Korea Party's Special Committee for Organizational Reinforcement on the ninth, in a phone interview with Yonhap News: "It is what I had hoped for, but dared not to ask for. What regrets would I have about a political party which refuses to accept reform?"