Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
추석
/chuseok/Roman
English meaning: Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving)
Korean Definition
(한국어)추석은 음력 8월 15일에 가족이 모여 조상께 감사드리고 한가위 음식을 나누는 한국의 대명절이다.
English Definition
Korea's major harvest festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Families gather to pay respects to ancestors, share traditional foods like songpyeon (rice cakes), and wear hanbok. It is one of Korea's two most important national holidays.
Example
“추석에는 가족이 모여 송편을 먹고 성묘를 합니다.”
In English: “Families gather on Chuseok to eat songpyeon and visit ancestral graves.”
Synonyms
- 한가위
- 중추절
Literary Heritage
“땅은 사람의 어머니이다. 땅을 잃은 사람은 뿌리를 잃은 나무와 같다”
/Ttangeun saramui eomeoida. Ttangeul ilheon sarameun ppurirul ilheon namuwa gatda/
“The land is the mother of people. A person who loses the land is like a tree that has lost its roots.”
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- Language
- 한국어
- Korean
- Script
- Hangul
- Family
- Koreanic
- Speakers
- 80M