사자성어 Flashcards

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No pain, no gain; sweet after bitter

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고진감래 (苦盡甘來)

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금상첨화 錦上添花

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adding flowers to embroidery, making still more beautiful, adding luster to what is already beautiful[brilliant]

Source: Dong-A

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유유상종 類類相從

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Birds of a feather flock together; like attracts like

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역지사지 易地思之

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Walk in someone else’s shoes

역지사지로 생각하다

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사필귀정 事必歸正

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사필귀정이다

Justice will prevail; Truth wins out in the long run.

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타산지석 他山之石

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Learn from the mistakes of others

이것을 타산지석으로 삼아라
Let this be[serve as] a good lesson to you.

Quotes Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise. (Cato the Elder)

우자가 현자에게 배우는 것보다 현자가 우자에게 배우는 것이 더 많다. 현자는 우자의 실수를 타산지석 삼아 피하지만, 우자는 현자의 성공을 따라하지 않기 때문이다. (카토, 실패명언)
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어부지리 漁父之利

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~를 얻다 play off one person against another; win advantages for oneself from a disturbed state of affairs; make profit out of two contestants

두 선수가 탈락하는 바람에 그가 어부지리로 우승을 차지했다
He won by default when two other players dropped out.

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동상이몽 同床異夢

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동상이몽이다
동상이몽을 꾸다

같은 침대에서 다른 꿈을 꾼다는 뜻으로, 겉으로는 같이 행동하면서 속으로는 각자 딴 생각을 함을 비유

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